अतोऽस्यार्थञ्च चैतन्यं कथयामि शृणु प्रिये । अकारेण जगत्पाता संहर्त्ता स्यादुकारतः ॥ ३२ ॥
atō’syārthañca caitanyaṁ kathayāmi śṛṇu priyē | akārēṇa jagatpātā saṁharttā syādukārataḥ || 32 ||
Translation
So I tell you its meaning and its consciousness; hear, beloved. By A the protector of the world is meant, by U the destroyer,
Word by word
- atō’syārthañca
- therefore its meaning and
- caitanyaṁ
- consciousness
- kathayāmi
- I tell
- śṛṇu
- hear
- priyē
- O beloved
- akārēṇa
- by the letter A
- jagatpātā
- the protector of the world
- saṁharttā
- the destroyer
- syādukārataḥ
- is meant by the letter U
Meaning
The three letters of Oṁ, A, U and M, are read as the three functions of the one God.