Bhagavad Gita · 8.12-13
॥
Devanāgarī
सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च ।
मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम् ॥
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन् ।
यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sarva-dvārāṇi saṁyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca |
mūrdhny ādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yoga-dhāraṇām ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सर्वद्वाराणिsarva-dvārāṇiall the gates (dvārāṇi).
संयम्यsaṁyamyahaving closed, having restrained.
मनःmanaḥthe mind.
हृदिhṛdiin the heart.
निरुध्य चnirudhya caand having confined, having fixed.
मूर्ध्निmūrdhniat the crown of the head.
आधायādhāyahaving placed, having raised.
आत्मनः प्राणम्ātmanaḥ prāṇamone’s own life air (prāṇa).
आस्थितःāsthitaḥbeing established.
योगधारणाम्yoga-dhāraṇāmin yogic concentration.
ओम् इतिoṁ itithe syllable Om.
एकाक्षरम् ब्रह्मeka-akṣaram brahmathe single (eka) syllable (akṣaram), which is Brahman.
व्याहरन्vyāharanuttering.
माम् अनुस्मरन्mām anusmaranand remembering Me.
यः प्रयातिyaḥ prayātihe who departs.
त्यजन् देहम्tyajan dehamgiving up the body.
सः यातिsaḥ yātihe attains.
परमाम् गतिम्paramām gatimthe supreme goal.
Translation
“Having closed all the gates of the senses, fixing the mind in the heart, and raising the life air to the crown of the head, one becomes established in yogic concentration. (12) And whoever, uttering the sacred single syllable Om, which is Brahman, and remembering Me at the same time, gives up his body and departs, attains the supreme goal. (13)”
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