OM AGNERVAKPUNSI YAJURDEDIN JUSHTA SOMAM PIBA SWAHA

OM AGNERVAKPUNSI YAJURDEDIN JUSHTA SOMAM PIBA SWAHA. A person, who chants the mantra for 100 times, becomes liberated from gravest of sin. The various deities related with the twenty-four letters of Gayatri Mantra are as under-Deity 1st letter ---- Agni 2nd letter ---- Vayu 3rd letter ---- Surya 4th letter ---- Aakash 5th letter ---- Yamraj 6th letter ---- Varun 7th letter ---- Vrihaspati 8th letter ---- Parjanya 9th letter ---- Indra 10th letter ---- Gandharva 11th letter ---- Poosha 12th letter ---- Mitra 13th letter ---- Twashta 14th letter ---- Vasu 15th letter ---- Marudganas 16th letter ---- Soma 17th letter ---- Angira 18th letter ---- Vishwadeva 19th letter ---- Ashwini kumar 20th letter ---- Prajapati 21st letter ---- All the deities 22nd letter ---- Rudra 23rd letter ---- Brahma 24th letter ---- Vishnu A devotee should then perform the ritual of 'nyas' by mentally establishing different words of the Gayatri mantra in the various parts of his body as given below -- OM bhuh --- in the heart, OM bhuvah --- in the head, OM SWAH --- in the top-knot (Shikha), OM TATSAVITURVARENYAM --- in the whole body, OM BHARGODEVASYA DHIMAHI --- in both the eyes OM DHIYO YO NAH PRACHODAYAT --- in both the hands. Regular chanting of Gayatri mantra bestowes similar virtues attained by the study of all the four vedas. A brahmin who does not know Gayatri mantra is considered to be worse than a shudra. Anybody who chants Gayatri mantra attains salvation.