Saturday, July 30, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 9/Verse 17

पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः ।


वेद्यं पवित्रमोंकार ऋक्साम यजुरेव च ॥९- १७॥

pitāhamasya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ ।
vedyaṃ pavitramoṃkāra ṛksāma yajureva ca ॥9- 17॥

I am the father of this world, the mother, the creator, the grandfather, what is to be known, the holy, the sacred syllable "Om," and indeed, the Rig, Sama, [and] Yajur Veda... 


pitā (masculine, nominative, singular) = father 

aham (pronoun, 1st person, nominative, singular) = I 

asya (neuter, genitive, singular) = of this  

jagatas (neuter, genitive, singular) = of the world  

mātā (feminine, nominative, singular) = mother 

dhātā (masculine, nominative, singular) = the creator 

pitāmahas (masculine, nominative, singular) = grandfather 

vedyam (neuter, nominative, singular) = what is to be known

pavitram (neuter, nominative, singular) = the holy 

oṃkāras (masculine, nominative, singular) = the syllable "Om" 

ṛk (neuter, nominative, singular) = Rig Veda 

sāman (neuter, nominative, singular) = Sama Veda

yajus (neuter, nominative, singular) = Yajur Veda

eva (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed

ca (adverb) (indeclinable) = and 


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