(Three) regulated breathings, accompanied with
the mental recitation of Om, the three mysterious words Bhuh, Bhuvah,
Swah and the Gayatri, are the highest devotion."
"All rites ordained in the Veda, such as burnt and other sacrifices,
pass away, but the syllable Om must be considered as imperishable; for
it is (a symbol of) Brahman (the supreme spirit) himself, the Lord of
Creation." In these speculations Manu bears out, and is borne out by,
several Upanishads. In the Katha-Upanishad for instance, Yama, the god
of death, in replying to a question of Nachiketas, says: "The word
which all the Vedas record, which all the modes of penance proclaim,
desirous of which religious students perform their duties, this word I
will briefly tell thee--it is Om. This syllable means the (inferior)
Brahman and the supreme (Brahman). Whoever knows this syllable obtains
whatever he wishes." And in the Pras'na-Upanishad the saint Pippalada
says to Satyakama: "The supreme and the inferior Brahman are both the
word Om; hence the wise follow by this support the one or the other of
the two.
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