स्पर्शस्तस्याभवज्जीव: स्वरो देह उदाहृत । ऊष्माणमिन्द्रियाण्याहुरन्त:स्था बलमात्मन: । स्वरा: सप्त विहारेण भवन्ति स्म प्रजापते: ॥ ४७ ॥
sparsas tasyabhavaj jivah svaro deha udahrta usmanam indriyany ahur antah-stha balam atmanah svarah sapta viharena bhavanti sma prajapateh
- sparsah
- the set of letters from ka to ma
- tasya
- his
- abhavat
- became
- jivah
- the soul
- svarah
- vowels
- dehah
- his body
- udahrtah
- are expressed
- usmanam
- the letters sa, sa, sa and ha
- indriyani
- the senses
- ahuh
- are called
- antah-sthah
- the set of letters so known (ya, ra, la and va)
- balam
- energy
- atmanah
- of his self
- svarah
- music
- sapta
- seven
- viharena
- by the sensual activities
- bhavanti sma
- became manifested
- prajapateh
- of the lord of the living entities
Brahma’s soul was manifested as the touch alphabets, his body as the vowels, his senses as the sibilant alphabets, his strength as the intermediate alphabets and his sensual activities as the seven notes of music.