by His Divine Grace Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj
Om is the very gist of gāyatrī, and from that Om comes merciful rays, like the rays of the sun. Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh, where saṅkīrtan is always going on, is inside the flute of Kṛṣṇa, and from there comes this sound Om. Om, the meaning of gāyatrī, is coming from Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh, and from there the explanation of gāyatrī has been given by Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj:
gāyatrī muralīṣṭa-kīrtana-dhanaṁ rādhā-padaṁ dhīmahi
The position of the Guru is like water; the servitors of Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh are like lotuses; and the position of the worshippable Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Divine Form of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, Om. Everything is within Om. Om is coming from the flute of Kṛṣṇa, and the meaning of Om, of gāyatrī, is: gāyatrī muralīṣṭa-kīrtana-dhanaṁ Rādhā-padaṁ dhīmahi. Kṛṣṇa’s flute does not make any other sound except the glorifi-cation of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and that is the real meaning and gist of the gāyatrī mantram.
The sun’s merciful rays give nourishment to the lotus, but if there is no water—if one cannot take shelter of Śrī Guru and His Grace—then the lotus will become burnt by the rays of the sun.
Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh
Kolerganj, Nabadwip, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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