Bhagavad Gita 8.13
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्। यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्।।8.13।।
omityekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharanmāmanusmaran. yaḥ prayāti tyajandehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim..8.13..
Word by word
- ॐ
- the syllable Om
- इति
- thus (referring to the preceding word)
- एक-अक्षरम्
- the single/one syllable
- ब्रह्म
- (which is) Brahman
- व्याहरन्
- uttering/pronouncing
- माम्
- Me
- अनुस्मरन्
- remembering, meditating upon
- यः
- who (nominative singular)
- प्रयाति
- departs, passes away
- त्यजन्
- abandoning, giving up
- देहम्
- the body
- सः
- he
- याति
- goes, attains
- परमाम्
- the supreme
- गतिम्
- goal, destination
Commentary
12-13. Having closed all the gates, having confined mind in the heart, having fixed his life- breath in the head, engaged in firm Yoga, uttering Brahman, the one-syllabled 'Om,' thinking of Me3 whoso departs, leaving the body, he reaches the Supreme Goal*
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 12-13 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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