This world ' brahmachari' does denote an unmarried person. Gayatri is primarily a prayer or brahmacari, a vedic student. Most of the brahmachari prayers seek medha and prajna. "May Lord Agni, Lord Indra, Lord Surya, bless me with intelligence, continuity of progeny and radiance born of Vedic study, prowess and splendor." Mayindra indriyam dadhatu mayi medham mayi prajam mayi suryo bhrajo 'mayi medham mayi prajam mayyagnistejo dadhatu mayi medham mayi prajam Therefore, brahmacari is interested in buddhi posanam. Buddhi is primarily used by brahacaris and sanyyasis.
He does not have much time to read, so, not much intellect is required.
A grahastha is interested in health and money because he has to run the family. Even though it nourishes the whole being, here the student is interested in the buddhi alone. Therefore, we get nourishment from the sunlight. That energy of the Sun alone pervades the whole Earth, nourishes all beings, activate all beings and even plants and animals. Pusnami causadhih sarvah somo bhutva rasatmakah || But if a person is not able to do manasa japa, the only way out is to start with ucha japah and gradually come to manda japah and gradually proceed to manasa japah. What is more difficult will give more punyam and what is less difficult will give less punyam. Therefore, it is going to be difficult and hence the punyam is more. We can become mechanical in the chanting if it is louder whereas if it is mental one has to involve oneself. We are supposed to use the hand for counting. Some people hold on to the ' poonoal/yajnopavittam' (the sacred thread) and do all vyavahara! Gayatri will be on but other thoughts like 'Who has come?' 'What does he want?' 'What is the phone call?' 'What is the message?' Recently I read somewhere that one should not hold on to sacred thread while chanting. Of course manasa japa is difficult, because you cannot be that mechanical in manasa japa, whereas in vacika japa mouth can go on chanting and mind can go on worrying. In terms of punya - if loud chanting has got one unit of punya, upamsu japa, murmuring has got ten unis and manasam japa hundred times the benefit. Of the three, mental chanting has got the greatest value.
It is not for Gayatri mantra alone, sarva mantresu vai dvijah, it is applicable to all chanting.
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