I am the father of this world, the mother, the dispenser of the fruits of actions and the
grandfather; the (one) thing to be known, the purifier, the sacred monosyllable (Om), and also the Rik-, the Sama-and the Yajur-Vedas.
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Krishna continues: "I am the father of this universe, the mother, the one who decides the consequences of all actions, and the grandfather. I am what must be known, the purifier, the sacred syllable Om, and all the sacred scriptures."
पिताfatherअहम्Iअस्यof thisजगतःworldमाताmotherधाताthe dispenser of the fruits of actionsपितामहःgrandfatherवेद्यम्the (one) thing to be knownपवित्रम्the purifierओंकारःthe Omkaraऋक्RikसामSamaयजुःYajusएव
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9.17 पिता father? अहम् I? अस्य of this? जगतः world? माता mother? धाता the dispenser of the fruits of actions? पितामहः grandfather? वेद्यम् the (one) thing to be known? पवित्रम् the purifier? ओंकारः the Omkara? ऋक् Rik? साम Sama? यजुः Yajus? एव also? च and.Commentary Dhata Supporter or sustainer by dispenser of the fruits of actions.Isvara or the Saguna Brahman is the father. MulaPrakriti or the primordial Nature is the mother. The pure Satchidananda Para Brahman (ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute) is the grandfather.Vedyam The one thing to be known. This is the Supreme Being.Pavitram Purifier. I am of the form of a bath in the holy river Ganga and the Gayatri Japa which purify the aspirants externally and internally.Cha and. This includes the AtharvanaVeda also. (Cf.XIV.3)
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I am the Father of this universe, the Mother, the Sustainer, and the Grandfather. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier, and the sacred syllable Om. I am also the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, and the Sama Veda.
The Atman is not something obscure or imperceptible, nor is it a reality devoid of consciousness, relationless, or without qualities. To demonstrate that this very Atman, in the form of the Divine, is the supreme embodiment of love, His relationships with the finite world are revealed here.
The Atman is that supreme principle which, when known, renders all else known. Through the knowledge of the Atman, incompleteness, worldly existence, and piercing sorrows come to an end. To live as an embodied being means to live a life cut off from one's divine potential. In truth, we are heirs to divine power, yet through ignorance we have fallen into the state of individual creatures. The direct realization of one's own supreme bliss-nature is that highest human aspiration which can bring complete fulfillment.
The Atman, the foundation of the entire universe, is indicated in the Vedas through the sacred syllable Om. We pass through three states of experience in our lives: waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. The substratum and the knower of these three states must be distinct from them, for the knower is different from the objects known, and the substratum is different from what rests upon it.
The sages of the Upanishads called that principle, which is distinct from these three states and sustains them, the Turiya—the fourth. The one word by which all four are indicated in the Vedas is Om. Om is the Atman, whose worship is described in the Bhagavata as the worship of Lord Sri Krishna.
The Atman, indicated by the sacred syllable Pranava, is the object of knowledge—the ultimate truth—which is pointed to in the Vedas sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly, and sometimes in silence. Therefore it is said here: I am the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, and the Sama Veda.