8. Path of the Eternal God

Akṣhar Brahma Yog

BG 8.13

Chanting the sacred syllable "Om" and remembering me while departing the body is how one attains this supreme goal.

ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्
यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्

  • oṁ — sacred syllable Om

  • ityekākṣharaṁ — one syllabled thus

    • iti — thus

    • eka-akṣharam — one syllabled

  • brahma — Brahma

  • vyāharan — chanting

  • mām — me

  • anusmaran — remembering

  • yaḥ — who

  • prayāti — departs

  • tyajan — quitting

  • dehaṁ — the body

  • sa — he

  • yāti — attains

  • paramāṁ — the supreme

  • gatim — goal

...8.10

I will now speak of the imperishable goal, sought after by knowers of the Vedas. People aspire toward this goal through celibacy and austerity - great sages attain this goal when they are free from attachment.

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Restrain the senses, confine the mind to look inward, and established concentration on one's own breath.

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Chanting the sacred syllable "Om" and remembering me while departing the body is how one attains this supreme goal.

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One who can remember me without deviation of the mind finds me to be easily accessible.

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Coming to me in this way, these great souls are no longer trapped in the cycle of misery and rebirth, for they have achieved perfection.

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All the worlds, including the abode of Brahma, are subject to this cycle of return. But for whoever comes to me, there is no rebirth.

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Similar verses

Chapter 8, Verse 13