Gāyatrī mantra
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Sāvitrī · Gāyatrī · Savitri verse · Sāvitrī verse · the Savitri · the three-footed Savitri verse · three-footed Gāyatrī
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Viṣṇu Smṛti
The sacred Gāyatrī/Sāvitrī mantra, central to the upanayana rite and treated as the spiritual mother of the twice-born.
> For a Brāhmaṇa, the Sāvitrī verse is not lost up to the sixteenth year;
There, his mother is the Sāvitrī verse, and his father is the *ācārya* (spiritual preceptor).
8 || > > With the sacred utterances and with the syllable Om, the Gāyatrī with its head, / > He who recites it three times with controlled breath, that is called breath-control.
Manusmṛti
A sacred Vedic verse recited daily at twilight, central to the initiation and discipline of the twice-born.
From each of the three Vedas, the supreme lord Prajāpati drew forth one foot of this sacred *Savitri* verse, which begins with the word *'Tat'*.
The three great imperishable *vyāhṛtis*, preceded by `Om`, and the three-footed *Savitri* verse, are to be known as the mouth of Brahma.
At the morning twilight, one should stand and recite the *Savitri* until the sun appears;