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Chapter 9, Verse 17

पिताऽहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः। वेद्यं पवित्रमोंकार ऋक् साम यजुरेव च।।9.17।।

pitā'hamasya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ. vedyaṃ pavitram oṃkāra ṛk sāma yajur eva ca.9.17.

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पिता
the father
अहम्
I (am)
अस्य जगतः
of this universe/world
माता
the mother
धाता
the sustainer/supporter
पितामहः
the grandfather (progenitor)
वेद्यम्
that which is to be known (the object of knowledge)
पवित्रम्
the purifier (that which purifies)
ओंकार
the syllable Om
ऋक्
the Rig Veda
साम
the Sama Veda
यजुः
the Yajur Veda
एव
indeed/certainly
and

Commentary

17. I am the father of this world, the mother, the dispenser, and grandsire ; 1 am the knowable> the purifier, the syllable ' Om,' and also the Rik, the Saman, and the Yajus also.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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पिता
अहम्
अस्य जगतः
माता
धाता
पितामहः
वेद्यम्
पवित्रम्
ओंकार
ऋक्
साम
यजुः
एव

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