here u acts as a noun. the meaning of 'stands for' should be taken as 'valid for'. Also the word preservation is nearest to the 'palan'i.e. serving and saving of the complete living system of the universe

Dear Asker,
There are three postings simultaneously of the words
'a'
'u'
'm'
and I'm sure that it is nothing other than the word
oum of Sanskrit.

Here it is tried to explain in the context of a man's life.
'u' stands for creation or creativity or creative power or say whole life of a man.
I feel it may be out of the context of life as explained by the asker. It can be trinity of the Gods i.e. Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh.
'u' refers to Vishnu-the preservator or guard of earth here. He is said to be the guard of this world according to hindus granthas and shastras. He guards this world from adharma.
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Note added at 52 mins (2004-06-24 17:29:11 GMT)
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In the context of life, translation must follow this way
o stands for creation-
o brahma dwaaraa manushya ke janma kaa prateek hai

u stands for preservation-
u vishnu dwaaraa manushya ke paalan kaa prateek hai

m stands for destruction-
m Mahadev dwaara nirdhaarit manushya ki mrityu kaa prateek hai.

The same word oum can be analysed in different ways. I\'ve tried to give an explanation as per life of a man w.r.t. trinity of Gods i.e. Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh.
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Note added at 59 mins (2004-06-24 17:36:10 GMT)
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Also,
w.r.t. to universe or brahmaand
o brahmaa dwaaraa is jaga kee rachnaa kaa prateek hai
u vishnu dwaaraa is jaga ki rakshaa kaa prateek hai
m mahaadev dwaaraa is sampoorna jaga ke naash kaa prateek hai.

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Note added at 1 hr 19 mins (2004-06-24 17:55:44 GMT)
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I\'ve already included point of shrishti (complete living system)paalan/rakshaN as mentioned by solanki in my last note.
You may analyse in this way.
o janma kaa prateek hai
u jeevan kaa prateek hai
m mrityu kaa prateek hai.

I felt that it is good to use o instead of a
but if u r comfortable with a then it doesn\'t matter. The important fact is to understand the meaning of word oum or aum
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