Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 Verse 17

[bilva]

Chapter 9. The Most Confidential Knowledge

TEXT 17
pitaham asya jagato
mata dhata pitamahah
vedyam pavitram omkara
rk sama yajur eva ca

SYNONYMS
pita--father; aham--I; asya--of this; jagatah--of the universe; mata--
mother; dhata--supporter; pitamahah--grandfather; vedyam--what is to
be known; pavitram--that which purifies; om-kara--the syllable om; rk--
the Rg Veda; sama--the Sama Veda; yajuh--the Yajur Veda; eva--
certainly; ca--and.

TRANSLATION
I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support, and the
grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable
om. I am also the Rg, the Sama, and the Yajur [Vedas].

EXPLANATION
The entire cosmic manifestations, moving and nonmoving, are
manifested by different activities of Krsna's energy. In the material
existence we create different relationships with different living
entities who are nothing but Krsna's marginal energy, but under the
creation of prakrti some of them appear as our father, mother,
grandfather, creator, etc., but actually they are parts and parcels of
Krsna. As such, these living entities who appear to be our father,
mother, etc., are nothing but Krsna. In this verse the word dhata
means "creator." Not only are our father and mother parts and parcels
of Krsna, but their creator, grandmother, and grandfather, etc., are
also Krsna. Actually any living entity, being part and parcel of
Krsna, is Krsna. All the Vedas, therefore, aim only toward Krsna.
Whatever we want to know through the Vedas is but a progressive step
to understand Krsna. That subject matter which helps us purify our
constitutional position is especially Krsna. Similarly, the living
entity who is inquisitive to understand all Vedic principles is also
part and parcel of Krsna and as such is also Krsna. In all the Vedic
mantras the word om, called pranava, is a transcendental sound
vibration and is also Krsna. And because in all the hymns of the four
Vedas, Sama, Yajur, Rg and Atharva, the pranava or omkara, is very
prominent, it is understood to be Krsna.

Following is a quotation by Swami Gaurangapada:
"A camera captures the photos when we press the button. But our mind
captures the images of whatever we look at and nags us with those even
in our dreams."

Please chant Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, to
realize the supreme object of knowledge.