There is no translation of "Aum". It consists of three letters-A, U and M. It signifies the three periods of time, the three states of consciousness and all of existence.

"A" is the waking state, "U" is the dreaming state, and "M" is the deep sleep state. "Aum" contains Naad and Bindu. Naad is the prolonged vowel sound and Bindu is the humming sound to end the Mantra.

By chanting the Aum mantra and conquering the self,it is possible to eventually reach heights of Self-Realization where humanity will learn the Truth.

Aum is a symbol of pure consciousness which resides in three states like- waking, dreaming and deep-sleep. When you chant  Aum, all three of these states are purified and your activities, mental thoughts, speech and actions become powerful and enlightened which brings peace and well being to all.

To practise the Aum Mantra,one has to get detached from the outer world of senses and conquer the inner evils like- passion, anger, greed,jealousy, temptation etc.

The word AUM begins with letter 'A'. The first alphabet pronounced in Arabic is 'Alif',in Greek it is 'Alpha', In the Roman it is A. Thus in many languages the first letter in the alphabet has the syllable A.

Moreover,In the Greek alphabets, the last letter is 'Omega' which has a close resemblance with 'Aum'.This shows that the syllable Aum has worldwide significance.