tasya -- of that omkara; hi -- indeed; asan -- came into being; trayah -- three; varnah -- sounds of the alphabet; a-kara-adyah -- beginning with the letter a; bhrigu-udvaha -- O most eminent of the descendants of Bhrigu; dharyante -- are sustained; yaih -- by which three sounds; trayah -- the threefold; bhavah -- states of existence; guna -- the qualities of nature; nama -- names; artha -- goals; vrittayah -- and states of consciousness.

Omkara exhibited the three original sounds of the alphabet -- A, U and M. These three, O most eminent descendant of Bhrigu, sustain all the different threefold aspects of material existence, including the three modes of nature, the names of the Rig, Yajur and Sama Vedas, the goals known as the Bhur, Bhuvar and Svar planetary systems, and the three functional platforms called waking consciousness, sleep and deep sleep.