Shloka 6
Brahmā’s Enumeration of Primacies (Ādi) and the Supremacy of Knowledge
Jñāna
Devanagari script
ओड्कार: सर्ववेदानां वचसां प्राण एव च | यदस्मिन् नियतं लोके सर्व सावित्रिरुच्यते,३“कार सम्पूर्ण वेदोंका और प्राण वाणीका आदि है। इस संसारमें जो नियत उच्चारण है, वह सब गायत्री कहलाता है
Transliteration
Oṃkāraḥ sarvavedānāṃ vacasāṃ prāṇa eva ca | yad asmin niyataṃ loke tat sarvaṃ sāvitry ucyate ||
Translation
Vāyu said: “The syllable Oṃ is the very life-breath of all the Vedas and the first principle of speech. Whatever regulated, prescribed utterance exists in this world—when understood in its sacred, disciplined form—is all called Sāvitrī (the Gāyatrī).”
Word by Word
ओङ्कारःthe syllable Oṃ (Om-kāra)
ओङ्कारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootओङ्कार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्ववेदानाम्of all the Vedas
सर्ववेदानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्ववेद
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
वचसाम्of utterances/words
वचसाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवचस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
प्राणःthe life-breath
प्राणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
नियतंfixed/regulated
नियतं:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनियत
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सर्वम्all (of it)
सर्वम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
सावित्रीSāvitrī (Gāyatrī mantra)
सावित्री:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसावित्री
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis called/said
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)O
Oṃ (Oṃkāra)V
VedasS
Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes