Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 293

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-9 Rāja-vidyā Rāja--guhya Yogaḥ

pitāham-asya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ | vedyaṃ pavitram oṃkāra ṛk-sāma yajur-eva ca || 17 || 17. I am the father, mother, mid-wife and grandfather of this universe. I am the object of knowledge; I am the purifier. I am the syllable Om and also the Rigveda, Samaveda and the Yajurveda. Commentary Here the term Dhatṛ (creator) stands for a person other than the parents, who helps in one’s birth (ie. a mid-wife). Whatever the supreme goal is, that is taught by the Vedas and is [mentally] purifying, “I alone am that. I am the syllable AUM, which is the origin of knowledge and is the seed of the entire Veda comprising of the three divisions — Rik, Saman and Yajus.”