Verse 17

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In plain words

I am the father of this universe, the mother, the dispenser of the fruits of action, and the grandsire. I am that which is to be known, the purifier, Oṃkāra, and also the Rig, Sama, and Yajur Vedas.

Word for word

I [am] the father of this world, the mother, the dispenser, the grandfather; the knowable, the purifier, the syllable Oṃ, the Ṛk, the Sāman and the Yajus too.

Sri Satchitananda Sai
Other commentaries

The commentators

Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam

किञ्च —

पिता जनयिता अहम् अस्य जगतः, माता जनयित्री, धाता कर्मफलस्य प्राणिभ्यो विधाता, पितामहः पितुः पिता, वेद्यं वेदितव्यम् , पवित्रं पावनम् ओङ्कारः, ऋक् साम यजुः एव च ॥ १७ ॥

In plain words

And there is more —

Father: I am what begot this world. Mother: I am what carried it and brought it forth. Dhātā: I hand each living being the fruit its own action has earned. Pitāmaha: I am the father of that father. Vedya: I am what is there to be known. Pavitra: I am what makes clean — Oṃ. And the Ṛk, the Sāma, the Yajus: those too.

Close to the Sanskrit

Moreover —

Father — the begetter am I of this world; mother — the bearer; dhātā — the dispenser to living beings of the fruit of action; pitāmaha — the father of the father; vedya — that which is to be known; pavitra — the purifier, Oṃ; and the Ṛk, the Sāma, and the Yajus as well.