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TEXT 17 pitaham asya jagato
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].
PURPORT 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.
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