Di dalam buku Gerbang Nuswantara, ada mantra yang diselipkan di halaman persembahan:

Suradira Jayaningrat

Swuh Kabrasta den Pangastuti

Jaya Jaya Wijayanti

Wijaya Nuswantara!

Artinya kurang-lebih: "Segala bentuk kejahatan, kekuasaan dan angkara murka akan dapat dikalahkan dengan kebaikan, sikap lemah-lembut dan sabar. Sekali jaya, Nuswantara jaya selamanya!"

Mantra, menurut Wikipedia, adalah bunyi, suku kata, kata, atau sekumpulan kata-kata yang dianggap mampu "menciptakan perubahan" (misalnya perubahan spiritual). Mantra adalah bagian dari Sastra, dan seringkali dijadikan slogan/semboyan hidup sehari-hari. Di masa kejayaan leluhur kita, setiap hal mempunyai kekuatan (yang kini disebut magis/gaib/bertuah) dan Mantra dianggap punya daya magis karena beberapa hal:

Jadi sesungguhnya Mantra bukanlah hal yang gaib jika kita tahu arti sesungguhnya, melainkan kata-kata yang dirangkai sedemikian rupa hingga memiliki kekuatan di dalamnya. Hebat ya, para leluhur kita!

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The Gateway's Opener Mantra

In Gerbang Nuswantara, there is a Mantra tucked on the dedication page, as follows:

Suradira Jayaningrat

Swuh Kabrasta den Pangastuti

Jaya Jaya Wijayanti

Wijaya Nuswantara!

It more or less means: "All kind of evil, domination and rage will be defeated by kindness, gentleness and patience. Once glorious, Nuswantara is glorious forever!"

Mantra, according to Wikipedia, is the sound, syllable, word or sentence that is considered powerful to "create a change" (such as spiritual change). Mantra is part of Sastra (ancient literature), and most of the time made as slogan/motto in daily life. In the time of our ancestor's glory, every thing has its own power (which is called as magic/supernatural/occultism) and Mantra is considered to have magical power because of few things:

So actually Mantra isn't really that magical if we know its true meaning, but merely words that are compiled in such arrangement that it has a power in it. Aren't they amazing, our ancestors are?

Rahayu.