ततोऽभूत्त्रिवृदोंकारो योऽव्यक्तप्रभव: स्वराट् । यत्तल्लिङ्गं भगवतो ब्रह्मण: परमात्मन: ॥ ३९ ॥
tato ’bhūt tri-vṛd oṁkāro yo ’vyakta-prabhavaḥ sva-rāṭ yat tal liṅgaṁ bhagavato brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ
- tataḥ
- from that
- abhūt
- came into being
- tri-vṛt
- threefold
- oṁkāraḥ
- the syllable om
- 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
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.