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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• the syllable Om
• thus (referring to the preceding word)
• the single/one syllable
• (which is) Brahman
• uttering/pronouncing
• Me
• remembering, meditating upon
• who (nominative singular)
• departs, passes away
• abandoning, giving up
• the body
• he
• goes, attains
• the supreme
• goal, destination