Shloka 8
Adhyaya 42 — Dattatreya on the Yogic Import of Oṃ (Praṇava): Matras, Worlds, and Liberation
अप्रमत्तेन वेद्धव्यं शरवत्तन्मयो भवेत् ।
ओमित्येतत् त्रयो वेदास्त्रयो लोकास्त्रयोऽग्नयः ॥
apramattena veddhavyaṃ śaravattanmayo bhavet /
omityetat trayo vedāstrayo lokāstrayo 'gnayaḥ
तत् सावधानतया वेध्यं; शरवत् तन्मयः भवेत्। एष ‘ॐ’कार एव त्रयो वेदाः, त्रयो लोकाः, त्रयः पावकाः च॥
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FAQs
Vigilance (apramāda) is presented as essential: realization is not accidental but the fruit of sustained attention; Oṁ is revered as the integrative symbol of Vedic life and cosmic order.
Functions as dharma/upāsanā teaching (mantra as condensation of Veda and cosmos), not as sarga/manvantara/vaṃśa material.
By equating Oṁ with the Vedic and cosmic triads, the verse encodes a microcosm–macrocosm identity: the single sound is treated as the seed (bīja) that ‘contains’ ritual, cosmology, and contemplative ascent.