Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 8

Bhagavad Gita 8.13

ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्। यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्॥

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

Translation

"Aum!" the one syllabled Eternal, reciting, thinking upon Me, he who goeth forth, abandoning the body, he goeth on the highest path.

What it means

Uttering Aum, the one-syllable Eternal, remembering Me, whoever departs leaving the body attains the highest path. One syllable carries the whole practice. At the end, simplicity is everything.

Try this today

The single-syllable method: one sound, one memory, one direction - simplicity at the final moment.

Something to reflect on

If everything I practiced had to fit in one syllable, what would it be?

Read it in Yathora
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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.