Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret: Verse 17
पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामह: ।
वेद्यं पवित्रमोङ्कार ऋक्साम यजुरेव च ॥
pitāham-asya jagato
mātā dhātā pitāmaha:
vedyaṃ pavitram-oṅkāra
ṛksāma yajur-eva ca – 9.17
I (the Supreme) am the father of the world, the mother, sustainer and the grandfather; and also the one factor to be known, the most purifying, the auspicious monosyllable OM, the Rik, Sāma and Yajur vedas.
Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret - Verse 17
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Krishna describes the Supreme as the father, mother, protector and grandfather of the world, so as to make one’s relationship with the Supreme closest, natural and wholesome. Self in all beings is the same. One should feel the Supreme is like his father, mother or grandfather. Supreme alone sustains one and all. Be close to the Supreme; feeling no let or hindrance. Intimacy and sincerity should underscore the relationship, and all fear, doubt and distance, if any, should dissolve.
Krishna describes the Supreme as the only factor to be sought and known, as Shaunaka submitted before Angiras in Mundakopanishad: “Tell me by knowing which will all this be known”. The Supreme is the subject of search and enquiry, closest to the intelligence. It is the purifying OM. It is the Rik, Yajus and Sāma Vedas. Nothing is besides the Supreme.
