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Bhagavad Gita 9.17पिताऽहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः।वेद्यं पवित्रमोंकार ऋक् साम यजुरेव च ॥

pitāham asya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ

vedyaṁ pavitram oṁkāra ṛik sāma yajur eva cha

Sanskrit recitation

9.169.18
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How people reach for God · 9.11–9.25 · Teaching

Translation

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, Sama, and Yajur Vedas.

Hindi translation

।।9.16 -- 9.18।। क्रतु मैं हूँ, यज्ञ मैं हूँ, स्वधा मैं हूँ, औषध मैं हूँ, मन्त्र मैं हूँ, घृत मैं हूँ, अग्नि मैं हूँ और हवनरूप क्रिया भी मैं हूँ। जाननेयोग्य पवित्र, ओंकार, ऋग्वेद, सामवेद और यजुर्वेद भी मैं ही हूँ। इस सम्पूर्ण जगत् का पिता, धाता, माता, पितामह, गति, भर्ता, प्रभु, साक्षी, निवास, आश्रय, सुहृद्, उत्पत्ति, प्रलय, स्थान, निधान तथा अविनाशी बीज भी मैं ही हूँ।

Meaning

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)

After Swami Sivananda

How people reach for God· 9.11–9.25→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→
cha
and
eva
also
aham
I
asya
of this
pitā
Father
sāma
the Sama Veda
ṛik
the Rig Veda
mātā
Mother
vedyam
the goal of knowledge
dhātā
Sustainer
yajuḥ
the Yajur Veda
om-kāra
the sacred syllable Om
pavitram
the purifier
jagataḥ
universe
pitāmahaḥ
Grandsire

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