Interpretation of Gayathri Manthra as hinted in the Govindarajeeya commentary on Sriraamaayanam
SrimatE SathakOpAya nama: SrImatE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImad VaravaramunayE nama: In the commentary mentioned on the title, there is a passage correlating the words of Dhvayamanthram with the seven kANdas of the epic as also the words of the Gayathri with the kANdas but with no explicit justification for such correlation. The thrust seems to be that the Paarayanam of the epic is as fruitful as the japam of these mantras. As the Ashtaakshara as also the Bhagavad-Gita charamasloka have been interpreted by the aazhvaars and followed up by Aachaaryas like Pillailokaacharya though with assignment of no or less credit to the former and as the Dhwayam is a derivation from Nammaazhvaar's decad உலகம் உண்ட பெரும் வாயா (ThiruvAimozhi 6.10) , it is enough to concentrate here on the correlation of Gayathri to the epic and more meaningfully the interpretation of this mantra. The mantra is: ॐ भूर्भुवस्सुव : । तत् सवितु : वरेण्यं। भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि। धियो यो न...