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SB 12.6.39

Devanāgarī

ततोऽभूत्‍त्रिवृदोंकारो योऽव्यक्तप्रभव: स्वराट् । यत्तल्ल‍िङ्गं भगवतो ब्रह्मण: परमात्मन: ॥ ३९ ॥

Text

tato ’bhūt tri-vṛd oṁkāro yo ’vyakta-prabhavaḥ sva-rāṭ yat tal liṅgaṁ bhagavato brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ

Synonyms

tataḥ—from that;abhūt—came into being;tri-vṛt—threefold;oṁkāraḥ—the syllableom;yaḥ—which;avyakta—not apparent;prabhavaḥ—its influence;sva-rāṭ—self-manifesting;yat—which;tat—that;liṅgam—the representation;bhagavataḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;brahmaṇaḥ—of the Absolute Truth in His impersonal aspect;parama-ātmanaḥ—and of the Supersoul.

Translation

From that transcendental subtle vibration arose the oṁkāra composed of three sounds. The oṁkāra has unseen potencies and manifests automatically within a purified heart. It is the representation of the Absolute Truth in all three of His phases — the Supreme Personality, the Supreme Soul and the supreme impersonal truth.

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