तारेण तारहीनेन प्रत्येकं सकलं पदम् । युग्मयुग्मक्रमेणाऽपि मन्त्रोऽयं विविधो भवेत् ॥ ३८ ॥
tārēṇa tārahīnēna pratyēkaṁ sakalaṁ padam | yugmayugmakramēṇā’pi mantrō’yaṁ vividhō bhavēt || 38 ||
Translation
With the tāra or without it, each word on its own or the whole, or in pairs, this mantra takes many forms.
Word by word
- tārēṇa
- with the tāra
- tārahīnēna
- without the tāra
- pratyēkaṁ
- each one
- sakalaṁ
- the whole
- padam
- word
- yugmayugmakramēṇā’pi
- also in pairs
- mantrō’yaṁ
- this mantra
- vividhō
- manifold
- bhavēt
- becomes
Meaning
The commentary lists them: Oṁ sat, Oṁ cit, Oṁ ekam, Oṁ Brahma; sat, cit, ekam, Brahma; Oṁ sad Brahma, Oṁ cid Brahma, and so on.