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    ओमित्येतदक्षरमिदं सर्वं तस्योपव्याख्यानं भूतं भवद्‌ भविष्यदिति सर्वमोङ्कार एव। यच्चान्यत्‌ त्रिकालातीतं तदप्योङ्कार एव ॥१॥

    OM is this imperishable Word, OM is the Universe, and this is the exposition of OM. The past, the present and the future, all that was, all that is, all that will be, is OM. Likewise all else that may exist beyond the bounds of Time, that too is OM.

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    सर्वं ह्येतद्‌ ब्रह्म अयमात्मा ब्रह्म सोऽयमात्मा चतुष्पात्‌ ॥२॥

    All this Universe is the Eternal Brahman, this Self is the Eternal,

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    जागरितस्थानो बहिःप्रज्ञः सप्ताङ्ग एकोनविंशतिमुखः स्थूलभुग् वैश्वानरः प्रथमः पादः ॥३॥

    He whose place is the wakefulness, who is wise of the outward, who has seven limbs, to whom there are nineteen doors, who feeleth and enjoyeth gross objects, Vaishwanara, the Universal Purusha, He is the first.

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    स्वप्नस्थानोऽन्तःप्रज्ञः सप्ताङ्ग एकोनविंशतिमुखः प्रविविक्तभुक् तैजसो द्वितीयः पादः ॥४॥

    He whose place is the dream, who is wise of the inward, who has seven limbs, to whom there are nineteen doors, who feeleth and enjoyeth subtle objects, Taijasa, the Inhabitant in Luminous Mind, He is the second.

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    यत्र सुप्तो न कञ्चन कामं कामयते न कञ्चन स्वप्नं पश्यति तत् सुषुप्तम्‌। सुषुप्तस्थान एकीभूतः प्रज्ञानघन एवानन्दमयो ह्यानन्दभुक्‌ चेतोमुखः प्राज्ञस्तृतीयः पादः ॥५॥

    When one sleepeth and yearneth not with any desire, nor seeth any dream, that is the perfect slumber. He whose place is the perfect slumber, who is become Oneness, who is wisdom gathered into itself, who is made of mere delight, who enjoyeth delight unrelated, to whom conscious mind is the door, Prajna, the Lord of Wisdom, He is the third.