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All translations and transliterations for
Yoga Sutra 1:27
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
TASYA VACAKAH PRANAVAH.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
The word expressive of Isvara is the mystic sound OM. [Note: OM is God's name as well as form.]
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
tasya vacakah pranavah
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
He is represented by the sacred syllable aum, called pranava.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
The word which express Him is OM.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
In the way most appropriate to the qualities of God.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
tasya vachakah pranavah
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
The sacred word designating this creative source is the sound OM, called pranava.
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