Chapter 8 · Verse 13

Path of the Eternal God

ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्। यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्

oṁ ityekākṣharaṁ brahma vyāharan mām anusmaran yaḥ prayāti tyajan dehaṁ sa yāti paramāṁ gatim

Word Meanings

om — sacred syllable representing the formless aspect of God; iti — thus; eka-akṣharam — one syllabled; brahma — the Absolute Truth; vyāharan — chanting; mām — me (Shree Krishna); anusmaran — remembering; yaḥ — who; prayāti — departs; tyajan — quitting; deham — the body; saḥ — he; yāti — attains; paramām — the supreme; gatim — goal

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Translation

He who departs from the body while chanting Om—the single syllable that is Brahman—and remembering Me, attains the supreme goal.

Commentary

Om? इति thus? एकाक्षरम् onesyllabled? ब्रह्म Brahman? व्याहरन् uttering? माम् Me? अनुस्मरन् remembering? यः who? प्रयाति departs? त्यजन् leaving? देहम् the body? सः he? याति attains? परमाम् supreme? गतिम् goal.Commentary Having controlled the thoughts the Yogi ascends by the Sushumna? the Nadi (subtle psychic nervechannel) which passes upwards from the heart. He fixes his whole Prana or lifreath in the crown of the head in the Brahmarandhra or the hole of Brahman. He utters the sacred monosyllable Om? meditates on Me and leaves the body.