Bhagavad Gita 17.23
ॐ तत्सदिति निर्देशो ब्रह्मणस्त्रिविधः स्मृतः। ब्राह्मणास्तेन वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च विहिताः पुरा।।17.23।।
oṃ tatsaditi nirdeśo brahmaṇastrividhaḥ smṛtaḥ. brāhmaṇāstena vedāśca yajñāśca vihitāḥ purā..17.23..
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- Om (the sacred syllable)
- तत्
- that
- सत्
- existent/real (Sat)
- इति
- thus (quotation marker)
- निर्देशः
- designation/indication
- ब्रह्मणः
- of Brahman
- त्रिविधः
- threefold
- स्मृतः
- is remembered/declared (in scripture)
- ब्राह्मणाः
- brahmins
- तेन
- by that (designation)
- वेदाः
- the Vedas
- च
- and
- यज्ञाः
- sacrifices
- च
- and
- विहिताः
- were ordained/established
- पुरा
- formerly/in ancient times
Commentary
23. "Om,tat, Sat": this has been taught to be the triple designation of Brahman*. By that were created of old* the brahmawas and the Vedas and the sacrifices.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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