Aksharanaam akaro 'smi dvandvah samasikasya ca, aham evakshayah kalo dhataham vishvato-mukhah
Among letters I am the letter 'A'; among compound words I am the dual compound (dvandva); I am also inexhaustible time, and among creators I am Brahma whose face is everywhere. The letter 'A' is the first and most fundamental sound — it is the sound from which all speech and mantras arise.
- •The letter A is the primordial sound, the foundation of all language
- •Time in its inexhaustible nature is a direct manifestation of the eternal Lord
- •Brahma, creator of the manifest universe, is an expression of divine creative power