Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 9
Vasudeva and Devakī Glorify Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma; The Recovery of Devakī’s Six Sons from Sutala
दिशां त्वमवकाशोऽसि दिश: खं स्फोट आश्रय: । नादो वर्णस्त्वम् ॐकार आकृतीनां पृथक्कृति: ॥ ९ ॥
diśāṁ tvam avakāśo ’si diśaḥ khaṁ sphoṭa āśrayaḥ nādo varṇas tvam oṁkāra ākṛtīnāṁ pṛthak-kṛtiḥ
你是诸方与容纳诸方的空间；你是遍一切处的以太（ākāśa）及其中所依的元素之声。你是未显的原初音（nāda），是第一音节“唵”（Om），也是可闻之语，使声音成为言词而获得特定所指。
In accordance with the general process of creation, speech always becomes audible in stages, which proceed from subtle inner impulse to outward expression. These stages are mentioned in the mantras of the Ṛg Veda (1.164.45):
FAQs
This verse identifies Krishna with Oṁkāra itself—He is the sacred syllable Oṁ, the source of sound vibration and the letters through which Vedic knowledge is expressed.
In this chapter’s devotional-philosophical mood, Krishna is praised as the all-pervading foundation of the cosmos—space, directions, and ether—within which sound manifests and by which creation is distinguished into many forms.
It encourages mindful speech and mantra practice—especially chanting Oṁ and Krishna’s names—while cultivating the vision that all diversity of forms rests on one divine reality.