Sanskrit · Devanagari
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्। यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
omityekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharanmāmanusmaran yaḥ prayāti tyajandehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882and adhering to uninterrupted meditation repeating the single syllable 'Om,' (signifying) the eternal Brahman
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।8.13।। --,ओमिति एकाक्षरं ब्रह्म ब्रह्मणः अभिधानभूतम् ओंकारं व्याहरन् उच्चारयन् तदर्थभूतं माम् ईश्वरम् अनुस्मरन् अनुचिन्तयन् यः,प्रयाति म्रियते सः त्यजन् परित्यजन् देहं शरीरम् -- त्यजन् देहम् इति प्रयाणविशेषणार्थम् देहत्यागेन प्रयाणम् आत्मनः न स्वरूपनाशेनेत्यर्थः -- सः एवं याति गच्छति परमां प्रकृष्टां गतिम्।।किञ्च --,
46a5fea33f69…Rāmānuja
8.12 - 8.13 Subduing all the senses like ear etc., which constitute the 'doorways' for sense impressions, i.e., withdrawing them from their natural functions; holding the mind in Me, the imperishable 'seated within the lotus of the heart'; practising 'steady abstraction of mind (Dharana) which is called concentration or Yoga,' i.e., abiding in Me alone in a steady manner; uttering the sacred 'syllable Om,' the brahman which connotes Me; remembering Me, who am expressed by the syllable Om; and fixing his 'life-breath within the head' - whosoever abandons the body and departs in this way reaches the highest state. He reaches the pure self freed from Prakrti, which is akin to My form. From that state there is no return. Such is the meaning. Later on Sri Krsna will elucidate: 'They describe that as the highest goal of the Atman, which is not destroyed when all things are destroyed, which is unmanifest and imperishable' (8.2021). Thus, the modes of contemplation on the Lord by the aspirants after prosperity and Kaivalya (Atmann-consciousness) have been taught according to the goal they lead to. Now, Sri Krsna teaches the way of meditation on the Lord by the Jnanin and the mode of attainment by him.
d4ad89cc2823…Swami Sivananda
8.13 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.
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