ततोऽक्षरसमाम्नायमसृजद् भगवानज: । अन्तस्थोष्मस्वरस्पर्शह्रस्वदीर्घादिलक्षणम् ॥ ४३ ॥
tato ’kṣara-samāmnāyam asṛjad bhagavān ajaḥ antasthoṣma-svara-sparśa- hrasva-dīrghādi-lakṣaṇam
- tataḥ
- from that oṁkāra
- akṣara
- of the different sounds
- samāmnāyam
- the total collection
- asṛjat
- created
- bhagavān
- the powerful demigod
- ajaḥ
- unborn Brahmā
- anta-stha
- as the semivowels
- uṣma
- sibilants
- svara
- vowels
- sparśa
- and consonant stops
- hrasva-dīrgha
- in short and long forms
- ādi
- and so on
- lakṣaṇam
- characterized
From that oṁkāra Lord Brahmā created all the sounds of the alphabet — the vowels, consonants, semivowels, sibilants and others — distinguished by such features as long and short measure.