SB 10.85.9

Devanāgarī

दिशां त्वमवकाशोऽसि दिश: खं स्फोट आश्रय: । नादो वर्णस्त्वम् ॐकार आकृतीनां पृथक्कृति: ॥ ९ ॥

Text

diśāṁ tvam avakāśo ’si diśaḥ khaṁ sphoṭa āśrayaḥ nādo varṇas tvam oṁkāra ākṛtīnāṁ pṛthak-kṛtiḥ

Synonyms

diśām—of the directions;tvam—You;avakāśaḥ—the power to accommodate;asi—are;diśaḥ—the directions;kham—the ether;sphoṭaḥ—elemental sound;āśrayaḥ—having (ether) as its basis;nādaḥ—sound in its form of unmanifest vibration;varṇaḥ—the primeval syllable;tvam—You;oṁkāraḥ—om;ākṛtīnām—of particular forms;pṛthak-kṛtiḥ—the cause of differentiation (namely, manifest language).

Translation

You are the directions and their accommodating capacity, the all-pervading ether and the elemental sound residing within it. You are the primeval, unmanifested form of sound; the first syllable, om; and audible speech, by which sound, as words, acquires particular references.

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