BG 9.17

पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः ।
वेद्यं पवित्रमोङ्कार ऋक्साम यजुरेव च ॥
pitāham asya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ
vedyaṁ pavitram oṅkāra ṛk sāma yajur eva ca

Word-for-word meanings

aham — I [am];  pitā — the father;  mātā — the mother;  dhātā — the sustainer;  pitāmahaḥ — [and] the grandfather;  asya — of this;  jagataḥ — cosmos;  vedyam — [I am] the knowable;  pavitram — the purifier;  oṁ-kāra — the sacred syllable Oṁ;  ṛk — the Ṛg Veda;  sāma — the Sāma Veda;  ca eva — and indeed;  yajuḥ — the Yajur Veda.

Translation

I am the father, the mother, the sustainer, and the grandsire of this cosmos. I am the knowable, the purifier, the sacred syllable Oṁ, and also the Ṛk, Sāma, and Yajur [Vedas].

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