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=== ''Bhagavad Gita'' === [[File:Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva within an OM.jpg|thumb|An illustration of ''Om'' from a [[Mahabharata]] manuscript, 1795, decorated with [[murti]]s of [[Surya]], [[Brahma]], and [[Vishnu]] to the left, [[Shakti]] (could be [[Matrika#Maheshwari|Maheshwari]]) on the [[chandrabindu]] point, and [[Shiva]] (holding a [[trishula]]) to the right]] The ''[[Bhagavad Gita]]'', in the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', mentions the meaning and significance of ''Om'' in several verses. According to Jeaneane Fowler, verse 9.17 of the Bhagavad Gita synthesizes the competing dualistic and monist streams of thought in Hinduism, by using "''Om'' which is the symbol for the indescribable, impersonal [[Brahman]]".<ref name=jfowler164 /> {{Blockquote|"Of this universe, I am the Father; I am also the Mother, the Sustainer, and the Grandsire. I am the purifier, the goal of knowledge, the '''sacred syllable ''Om'''''. I am the [[Rigveda|Ṛig Veda]], [[Samaveda|Sāma Veda]], and the [[Yajurveda|Yajur Veda]]." ||[[Krishna]] to [[Arjuna]], Bhagavad Gita 9.17<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mukundananda |author-link=Mukundananda |year=2014 |title=Bhagavad Gita, The Song of God: Commentary by Swami Mukundananda |url=https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/9/verse/16-17 |publisher=[[Jagadguru Kripaluji Yog]]}}</ref><ref name="jfowler164">{{Cite book |first=Jeaneane D. |last=Fowler |date=2012 |title=The Bhagavad Gita: A Text and Commentary for Students |publisher=Sussex Academic Press |isbn=978-1845193461 |page=164}}</ref>}} The significance of the sacred syllable in the Hindu traditions, is similarly highlighted in other verses of the ''Gita'', such as verse 17.24 where the importance of ''Om'' during prayers, charity and meditative practices is explained as follows:<ref name=jfowler271 /> {{Blockquote|"Therefore, uttering '''Om''', the acts of [[yagna]] (fire ritual), [[dāna]] (charity) and [[Tapas (Sanskrit)|tapas]] (austerity) as enjoined in the scriptures, are always begun by those who study the [[Brahman]]." |Bhagavad Gita 17.24<ref name="jfowler271">{{Cite book |first=Jeaneane D. |last=Fowler |date=2012 |title=The Bhagavad Gita: A Text and Commentary for Students |publisher=Sussex Academic Press |isbn=978-1845193461 |page=271}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |translator-first=K.T. |translator-last=Telang |editor-last=Muller |editor-first=Max |editor-link=Max Muller |url={{Google books|5cPKAgAAQBAJ|plainurl=yes}} |title=The Bhagavadgita with the Sanatsujatiya and the Anugita |date=26 October 2001 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0700715473 |page=120}}</ref>}}
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