Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 16
Chapter 9
Verse 17 of 34
Verse 18
Verse 9.17
पिताऽहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः। वेद्यं पवित्रमोंकार ऋक् साम यजुरेव च ॥9.17॥
9.17 pitāham asya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ vedyaṃ pavitram oṃkāra ṛk sāma yajur eva ca
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

I am the father of this world, the mother, the supporter, the grandfather (pitāmaha), The object of knowledge, the purifier, the syllable Om, the Rig, the Sama, and the Yajur Vedas as well.

Stoller MillerLiterary

I am the universal father, mother, granter of all, grandfather, object of knowledge, purifier, holy syllable OM, threefold sacred lore.

ZaehnerJesuit

(17) I am the father of this world, mother, ordainer, grandsire, [all] that need lie known; vessel of purity [am I, the sacred syllable] Om, and the Rig-, Sama-, and Yajur-Vedas too,

GambhiranandaAdvaita

9.17 Of this world I am the father, mother, ordainer, (and the), grandfather; I am the knowable, the sanctifier, the syllable Om as also Ṛk, Sama and Yajus.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

9.17 I am the father, mother, creator and grandfather of the universe. I am the purifier. I am the syllable Om and also Ṛk, Sāman and the Yajus.

SivanandaVedanta

9.17 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 Ṛk-, the Sama-and the Yajur-Vedas.

Commentaries

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Sanskrit Original
Verse 16
Chapter 9
Verse 17 of 34
Verse 18