AUM and the Four Quarters
Mandukya Upanishad · 1 · Verse 8
omaumakaraukaramakaramatrasfour-states
Sanskrit Original
सोऽयमात्माऽध्यक्षरमोंकारोऽधिमात्रम् । पादा मात्रा च पाद अकार उकारो मकार इति ॥ ८ ॥
so’yam ātmā’dhyakṣaram oṃkāro’dhimātram | pādā mātrā ca pāda akāra ukāro makāra iti || 8 ||
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This very Atman, described in terms of quarters, is — when described in terms of syllables — OM. The quarters correspond to the syllables, and the syllables correspond to the quarters: A, U, and M.