Gayatri Mantra for Pranayama
The stotram is a sacred mantra that invokes the Gayatri deity, focusing on the breath and the mind to achieve spiritual elevation.
ॐ भूः ॐ भुवः ॐ स्वः ॐ महः ॐ जनः ॐ तपः ॐ सत्यम् ॐ तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् । ॐ आपो ज्योती रसोऽमृतं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवः स्वरोम् ॥
Om Bhuuh Om Bhuvah Om Svah Om Mahah Om Janah Om Tapah Om Satyam Om Tat-Savitur-Varennyam Bhargo Devasya Dhiimahi Dhiyo Yo Nah Pracodayaat Om Aapo Jyotii Rasomrtam Brahma Bhuur-Bhuvah Svar-Om
Om, (I meditate on the) Bhu Loka (Physical Plane, Consciousness of the Physical Plane), Om, (I meditate on the) Bhuvar Loka (Antariksha or Intermediate Space, Consciousness of the Prana), Om, (I meditate on the) Swar Loka (Swarga, Heaven, Consciousness of the beginning of the Divine Mind), (The above have relatively grosser manifestations to start the meditation; Then the meditation goes to subtler levels) Om, (I meditate on the) Mahar Loka (Great, Mighty, Still subtler Plane felt as All-Pervading Consciousness), Om, (I meditate on the) Janar Loka (Generating, Still subtler Plane felt as All-Creating Consciousness), Om, (I meditate on the) Tapo Loka (Filled with Tejas, Still subtler Plane felt as filled with Divine Tejas or Illumination of Shakti), Om, (I meditate on the) Satya Loka (Absolute Truth, Most subtle Plane merging with the Consciousness of Brahman), Om, on that Savitur (Divine Illumination) which is most Adorable (Varenyam) and which is of the nature of Divine Effulgence (Bhargo Devasya), I meditate, May that Divine Intelligence (Dhiyah) Awaken (Pracodyat) our (Spiritual Consciousness), Om, that Divine Consciousness which is: Apah (All-Pervading), Jyoti (Divine Effulgence), Rasa (Divine Essence), Amritam (Immortal and Nectar-like Blissful), Brahma (Sacchidananda Brahman ) ... ... (has manifested in grosser forms as) Bhu Loka (Physical Plane), Bhuvar Loka (Antariksha or Intermediate Space) and Swar Loka (Swarga or Heaven), ... ... (but which is) Om (in essence).