

They are Klaam, Kleem, Kloom, klaim, klaum and klah. Nyasa is the gestures.) The 6 gestures are made uttering the seed letters called Bijaksharas. (Anga means parts of the body and kara means hand. The gestures are called Anga nyaasa and karanyaasa. (These are body gestures and hand gestures to invoke the Gods of the mantra. Klaamityaadi shaDanga nyaasah Klaam angushTaabhyaan namaH kleem tarjaneebhyaan namaH kloom madhyamaabhyaan namaH klaim anaamikaabhyaan namaH klaum kanishTakaabhyaan namaH klaah karatala kara prushTaabhyaan namaH Klaam hridayaaya namaH kleem shirase svaahaa kloom shikhaayai vashaT klaim kavachaaya Hum klaum netra trayaaya vaushaT klaaH, astraaya phaT Bhoor bhoovassuvaromiti digbandhaH. Kshudhaadi nirasanay viniyogah The mantra is used to vanquish hunger, thirst, fatigue etc. (A,U,M are the three letters which form the “OM”-‐that is ). Gayatri chandah The meter (chandas) is Gayatri Akaara Ukaara Makaara bijaadyah The Bija (seed) is “A” the shakti (power) is “U”and the kilaka (the key to the power) is “M”. Bala AtibalayoH, “For the mantras Bala and Atibala, Virat Purusha rishiH The sage is Virat Purusha (Lord Narayana) Gayatri devataa, The presiding Deity is Gayatri. It has to be learnt from a qualified Guru and practiced with appropriate meaningful gestures called (Kara nyaasa-‐hand gestures and anga nyaasa-‐body gestures).

After the purashcharana one starts feeling the divine grace and becomes a medium of the divine power.Bala Atibala Mantra With Meaning : Sudhakar V.Rao MD This is the meaning of the mantras in general terms. The purashcharana of this mantra is 1 lac 3 thousand times as the number of letters are these many. (Taken from sAvitryupanishat of gopatha brAhmana) Then those three very happily stayed on the riverbank of Sarayu for Shone forth like the thousand rayed sun on a cloudless sky of autumn. Performed all his duties of a student in respect of a teacher and then Rama, the one with marvellous valiance, on obtaining those teachings UuSuH taam rajaniim tatra sarayvaam susukham trayaH || 1-22-22 Guru kaaryaaNi sarvaaNi niyujya kushika aatmaje | Sahasra rashmiH bhagvaan sharadiiva divaakaraH | Vidyaa samudito raamaH shushubhe bhiima vikramaH || 1-22-21 "Oh, best one among men, Raghava, if you go on reciting bala andĪtiblala hymns, my dear Rama, there will be no hunger or thirst to

KSut pipaase na te raama bhaviSyete narottama |īalaam atibalaam caiva paThataH taata raaghava || 1-22-17 "On receiving these two teachings there will be none similar to you,įor bala and atibala are the mothers of all knowledge. One, none can equal you in the world by your handsomeness, calibre,Įrudition, by your discernment, and even in replying or rebutting you.Įtat vidyaa dvaye labdhe na bhavet sadR^ishaH tava |īalaa ca atibalaa caiva sarva j~naanasya maatarau || 1-22-16 "My dear Raghava, if bala atibala hymns are practised, oh, impeccable Na uttare prati vaktavye samo loke tava anagha || 1-22-15 Na saubhaagye na daakSiNye na j~naane buddhi nishcaye | In their course of travel, Sage Vishvamitra imparts a secret knowledge to the young princes Rama and Lakshmana, called bala atibala vidya-s, by practicing which nothing can wither their vigour and vitality.īalaam atibalaam caiva paThataH taata raaghava || 1-22-14

King Dasharatha sends Rama and Lakshmana along with Sage Vishvamitra as requested by the sage. We find its mention in Valmiki Ramayana when sage imparted this knowledge to Sri Rama and Lakshmana. It is capable of slowly making one evolve to higher spiritual level of super-consciousness and helps one to go beyond the pull of lower forces. It has additionally some beejas and other words hence it is a very long mantra. This mantra is very powerful and it looks like gAyatri mantra.
