Upanishads · Gopāla-tāpanī Uttara 73
॥
Devanāgarī
क्लीमोंकारयोरेकत्वं पठ्यते ब्रह्मवादिभिः
Transliteration (IAST)
klīmoṁkārayorekatvaṁ paṭhyate brahmavādibhiḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
क्लीम् ओंकारयोःklīm oṁkārayoḥof "klīṁ" and the oṁkāra; of the syllables klīṁ and oṁ
एकत्वम्ekatvamthe oneness; the identity
पठ्यतेpaṭhyateis proclaimed; is declared
ब्रह्मवादिभिःbrahmavādibhiḥby the knowers of Brahman; by those who discourse on Brahman
Translation
The knowers of Brahman proclaim the oneness of "klīṁ" and the oṁkāra.
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A short mantra establishing the identity of two syllables: the seed klīṁ, with which the five-worded mantra begins, and OṀ.
The significance of this is great. OṀ is a syllable acknowledged by the whole Veda; klīṁ belongs to the circle of mantras considered later and particular. By declaring their identity the book sets its own mantra on a level with the most honoured sound of śruti.
The same device was used before: the five-worded mantra was compared to the five elements of the cosmos, and its words to the vyāhṛtis, the sacred calls of the gāyatrī.
Note here too the appeal to "the knowers of Brahman": the assertion is presented not as this book's discovery but as the common reading of the Vedāntins.
The practical conclusion is the same as in the Pūrva-tāpanī: the mantra is uttered enclosed within the oṁkāra — and this is not the joining of two different things but the unfolding of one.