Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन् ।
यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम् ॥१३॥
oṁ ity ekākṣaraṁ brahma
vyāharan mām anusmaran
yaḥ prayāti tyajan dehaṁ
sa yāti paramāṁ gatim
Word for word (synonyms)
- om
- the combination of letters, *omkāra*
- iti
- thus
- eka-akṣaram
- supreme, indestructible
- brahma
- absolute
- vyāharan
- vibrating
- mām
- Me (Kṛṣṇa)
- anusmaran
- remembering
- yaḥ
- anyone
- prayāti
- leaves
- tyajan
- quitting
- deham
- this body
- saḥ
- he
- yāti
- achieves
- paramām
- supreme
- gatim
- destination
Translation
After being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the sacred syllable om, the supreme combination of letters, if one thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and quits his body, he will certainly reach the spiritual planets.
Defined in the Gītā
Yoga
What is yoga?
Be steadfast in yoga, O Arjuna. Perform your duty and abandon all attachment to success or failure. Such evenness of mind is called yoga.
Purport
It is clearly stated here that om, Brahman, and Lord Kṛṣṇa are not different. The impersonal sound of Kṛṣṇa is om, but the sound Hare Kṛṣṇa contains om. It is clearly recommended in this age that if one quits his body at the end of this life chanting the mahāmantra, Hare Kṛṣṇa, he will reach the spiritual planets. Similarly, those who are devotees of Kṛṣṇa enter the Kṛṣṇa planet or Goloka Vṛndāvana, whereas the impersonalists remain in the brahmajyoti. The personalists also enter many innumerable planets in the spiritual sky known as Vaikuṇṭhas.
What this verse teaches
Destination
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 1
- Bhagavad-gītā 8.12–14 1966-10-26 · New York
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.