TEXT 17 I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support, and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable om. I am also the Ṛk, the Sāma, and the Yajur [Vedas]. PURPORT People think that the Vedas are basically four vedas: the Ṛk-veda , the Sāma-veda , the Ya...