pitāham asya jagato mātā dhātā pitā-mahaḥ
vedyaṃ pavitram oṃ-kāra ṛk sāma yajur eva ca
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aham (I) asya jagataḥ (of this world) pitā (father) mātā (mother) dhātā (creator) pitāmahaḥ (grandfather) [
asmi]
(I am).
[
aham]
(I) vedyam (to be known) pavitram (purity) oṁ-kāraḥ (syllable OM) ṛk (Rig) sāma (Sama) yajuḥ ca eva (and indeed Yajur) [
asmi]
(I am).
| pitā |
– |
pitṛ 1n.1 m. – father; |
| aham |
– |
asmat sn. 1n.1 – I; |
| asya |
– |
idam sn. 6n.1 n. – of this; |
| jagataḥ |
– |
jagat 6n.1 n. – of the world, of the mankind (from: √gam – to go); |
| mātā |
– |
mātṛ 1n.1 f. – mother; |
| dhātā |
– |
dhātṛ 1n.1 m. – maintainer, creator, constructor (from: √dhā – to put); |
| pitā-mahaḥ |
– |
pitā-maha 1n.1 m. – grandfather (from: pitṛ – father; √mah – to magnify, mahant – great); |
| vedyam |
– |
vedya (√vid – to know, to understand) PF 1n.1 n. – to be known, to be understood; |
| pavitram |
– |
pavitra 1n.1 n. – means of purification, purity (from: √pū – to purify); |
| oṁ-kāraḥ |
– |
oṁ-kāra 1n.1 m. – syllable OM (from: om – święta głoska OM, praṇava; √kṛ – to do, kāra – a doer; a word suffixed to a letter); |
| ṛk |
– |
ṛk 1n.1 m. – Rigveda (from: ṛc – praise, a type of hymn); |
| sāma |
– |
sāma 1n.1 m. – Samaveda (from: sāman – tune, a type of hymn); |
| yajuḥ |
– |
yajuḥ 1n.1 m. – Yajurveda (from: yajus – worship, a type of hymn); |
| eva |
– |
av. – certainly, just, merely; |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
pitāham asya → pitā-mahasya (of grandfather);
mātā dhātā → dhātā mātā (creator, mother);
vedyaṁ pavitram oṁ-kāra → vedaṁ pavitram oṁ-kāra /vedyaṁ pavitram oṁ-kāram ([I am] the Veda, purity, syllable OM / [I am] to be known, purity, syllable OM);
sāma yajur → yajuḥ sāma (Yajur- and Samaveda);
ṛk sāma yajur eva ca → ‘tharva-ṛg-sāma vai yajuḥ ([I am] Atharva-, Rig-, Sama- and indeed Yajurveda);
pitā janayitāham asya jagataḥ, mātā janayitrī, dhātā karma-phalasya prāṇibhyo vidhātā, pitāmahaḥ pituḥ pitā, vedyaṃ veditavyam, pavitraṃ pāvanam oṃkāraḥ, ṛk sāma yajue eva ca
asya sthāvarajaṅgamātmakasya jagataḥ, tatra tatra pitṛtvena, mātṛtvena, dhātṛtvena, pitāmahatvena ca vartamāno ‚ham eva / atra dhātṛśabdo mātāpitṛvyatirikte utpattiprayojake cetanaviśeṣe vartate / yat kiñcid vedavedyaṃ pavitram pāvanam,tad aham eva / vedakaś ca vedabījabhūtaḥ praṇavo ‚ham eva / ṛksāmayajurātmako vedaś cāham eva
kiṃ ca piteti | dhātā karma-phala-vidhātā | vedyaṃ jñeyaṃ vastu | pavitraṃ śodhakam | prāyaścittātmakaṃ vā | oṅkāraḥ praṇavaḥ | ṛg-ādayo vedāś cāham eva | spaṣṭam anyat
kiṃ ca | asya jagataḥ sarvasya prāṇi-jātasya pitā janayitā | mātā janayitrī | dhātā poṣayitā tat-tat-karma-phala-vidhātā vā | pitāmahaḥ pituḥ pitā | vedyaṃ vedayitavyaṃ vastu | pūyate ‚neneti pavitraṃ pāvanaṃ śuddhi-hetur gaṅgā-snāna-gāyatrī-japādi | veditavye brahmaṇi vedana-sādhanam oṃkāraḥ | niyatākṣara-pādā ṛk | gīti-viśiṣṭā saiva sāma | sāma-padaṃ tu gīti-mātrasyaivābhidhāyakam ity anyat | gīti-rahitam aniyatākṣaraṃ yajuḥ | etat trividhaṃ mantra-jātaṃ karmopayogi | ca-kārād atharvāṅgiraso ‚pi gṛhyante | eva-kāro ‚ham evety avadhāraṇārthaḥ
commentary under the verse BhG 9.18
commentary under the verse BhG 9.19
