Passage 7

In English

Omkar is the fusion of the three primal sounds, A, U, and M. These three letters represent respectively the jagrata, the swapna, and the sushupti states of consciousness. They also symbolise Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheshwara. This trinity represents the three personified realities corresponding to the aforementioned three states of consciousness. In a garland of beads, a string passes through them and holds them together. In a similar manner, Brahman passes through all jivas and makes them interdependent and interrelated.