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Om—this syllable is all this. Its explanation: all that is past, present, and future is simply Om; and whatever else is beyond the three times, that too is simply Om.
ॐ इत्येतदक्षरमिदꣳ सर्वं तस्योपव्याख्यानं भूतं भवद् भविष्यदिति सर्वमोङ्कार एव यच्चान्यत् त्रिकालातीतं तदप्योङ्कार एव ॥ १॥
HinduTeachingKnowledgeRealitySanskrit
Mandukya Upanishad 1Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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Mandukya Upanishad
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Mandukya Upanishad
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MaU.1
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