Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 9, Verse 17

पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः । वेद्यं पवित्रमोङ्कार ऋक्साम यजुरेव च

pitāhamasya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ | vedyaṃ pavitramoṅkāra ṛksāma yajureva ca

Translation

I am the father of this world, the mother, the dispenser, and grandsire; I am the knowable, the purifier, the syllable 'Oṃ,' and also the Ṛk, the Sāman, and the Yajus also.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

pitā

father

aham

I

asya

of this

jagataḥ

(of) world

mātā

mother

dhātā

supporter

pitāmahaḥ

grandfather

vedyam

to be known

pavitram

purifier

oṃkāraḥ

the oṃkāra

ṛk

Ṛik

sāma

Sāma

yajuḥ

Yajuḥ

eva

even

ca

and

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

The dispenser: of the fruits of action.