BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:17

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:17

 

pitaham asya jagato

mata dhata pitamahah

vedyam pavitram omkara

rk sama yajur eva ca

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

pita--father; aham--I; asya--of this; jagatah--universe; mata--mother;

dhata--supporter; pitamahah--grandfather; vedyam--what is to be known;

pavitram--that which purifies; om-kara--the syllable om; rk--the Rg

Veda; sama--the Sama Veda; yajuh--the Yajur Veda; eva--certainly;

ca--and.

 

TRANSLATION

 

I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the

grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable

om. I am also the Rg, the Sama and the Yajur Vedas.

 

PURPORT

 

The entire cosmic manifestations, moving and nonmoving, are manifested

by different activities of Krsna's energy. In the material existence

we create different relationships with different living entities who

are nothing but Krsna's marginal energy; under the creation of prakrti

some of them appear as our father, mother, grandfather, creator, etc.,

but actually they are parts and parcels of Krsna. As such, these

living entities who appear to be our father, mother, etc., are nothing

but Krsna. In this verse the word dhata means "creator." Not only are

our father and mother parts and parcels of Krsna, but the creator,

grandmother and grandfather, etc., are also Krsna. Actually any living

entity, being part and parcel of Krsna, is Krsna. All the Vedas,

therefore, aim only toward Krsna. Whatever we want to know through the

Vedas is but a progressive step toward understanding Krsna. That

subject matter which helps us purify our constitutional position is

especially Krsna. Similarly, the living entity who is inquisitive to

understand all Vedic principles is also part and parcel of Krsna and

as such is also Krsna. In all the Vedic mantras the word om, called

pranava, is a transcendental sound vibration and is also Krsna. And

because in all the hymns of the four Vedas--Sama, Yajur, Rg and

Atharva--the pranava, or omkara, is very prominent, it is understood

to be Krsna.

 

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