Bhagavad Gita · 9.17
॥
Devanāgarī
पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः ।
वेद्यं पवित्रमोङ्कार ऋक्साम यजुरेव च ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
pitāham asya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ |
vedyaṁ pavitram oṁkāra ṛk sāma yajur eva ca ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
पिता अहम्pitā ahamI am the father.
अस्य जगतःasya jagataḥof this universe.
माताmātāthe mother.
धाताdhātāthe sustainer, the establisher.
पितामहःpitāmahaḥthe grandsire.
वेद्यम्vedyamthat which is worthy of knowing, the object of knowledge.
पवित्रम्pavitrampurifying, pure.
ओङ्कारःoṁkāraḥthe syllable Oṁ.
ऋक् साम यजुःṛk sāma yajuḥthe Ṛg, Sāma, and Yajur [Vedas].
एव चeva caand also.
Translation
“I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support, and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifying power, the syllable Oṁ, and also the Ṛg, Sāma, and Yajur Vedas.”
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