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The Kama-Gayatri Mantra
Klim Kamadevaya, Vidmahe Puspa Banaya, Dhimahi Tan No Nangah Pracodayat
This chant is fully explained in main text of this website, but it is repeated here for handy referencing.
In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says to Arjuna: “Among mantras I am the gayatri.” ‘Gayatri’ is from ‘gayatra’, a Sanskrit word for song or hymn, having three lines of eight syllables. The word may refer also be taken to refer to the Kama-Gayatri Mantra.
In the Gita are to be found many utterances of the historical Krishna, who was not Krishna the Eternal Godhead but a Tat spirit (The Godhead is Sat spirit; we who incarnate in this magical universe of his are Tat spirits) who had advanced to the avatar level. When an avatar speaks in his samadhi state he is at one with Brahman, and it is as though God himself were
speaking. In Bhagavad Gita are to be found many utterances of this type, but also some sayings from the avatar’s ordinary state, as for example when he says, “In my opinion...” God has no opinions; He simply knows.
On this website we will use the Kama Gayatri mantra in a special way, which is a subjective use of mantra involving private meanings that we attach to the words. This is permissible when addressing the Godhead, since Krishna is the knower of the known, and therefor does not have a problem keeping up with you. There is nothing known in the entire universe that He does not know, no matter how secret. We do not intend to slight or disrespect this sacred mantra -- it is very holy -- and as we make this subjective use of it we will be simultaneously honoring and being consistent with its actual meaning. Remember that the Kama Gayatri Mantra itself is real and has mystical power. There is some teaching to the effect that it is not different from Krishna Himself. It is difficult to find a definitive translation, but it is said to roughly mean, ‘Let us contemplate Kama, the God of love. Let this power direct us.’ Another source gives:
Klim -- the seed of attraction
Kamadevaya - Love God
Vidmahe - concentrate
Puspa Banaya - blooming flower
Dhimahi - attain
Tan No Nangah - lead
Pracodayat - stimulate
Subjective dimension of the Kama-Gayatri Mantra for this website
The subjective meaning that we will attach to it is: Klim (addressing the Deity by his attraction), Kamadevaya (love-part of God -- ‘aya’ is the address form), Vidmahe Puspa Banaya (please look at my life right now, through the “video” of the hologram), Dhimahi Tan No Nangah Pracodayat (and give me, please, what I need at this time.)
My dear Love-God (addressing the Godhead by his love-aspect), please look at my life right now, and give me what, if anything, I need.
In our subjective use, this is chanted daily, then in the next phase, we chant “Sarab Shakti” to Lord Shiva, using the subjective meaning “absorb” (pronouncing it ‘sorab’), while mentally looking at the Chakra Deity we have just requested to give us what we need right now to stimulate us, knowing that Shiva is helping us to absorb properly what has been sent.
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