ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन् ।यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम् ॥
oṃ ity ekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharan mām anusmaran | yaḥ prayāti tyajan dehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim ||
- ओम् · oṃ
- OM, the sacred syllable
- इति · iti
- thus
- एकाक्षरम् · ekākṣaram
- the single syllable
- ब्रह्म · brahma
- Brahman
- व्याहरन् · vyāharan
- uttering
- माम् अनुस्मरन् · mām anusmaran
- remembering me
- प्रयाति · prayāti
- departs
- त्यजन् देहम् · tyajan deham
- leaving the body
- परमाम् गतिम् · paramām gatim
- the supreme goal
“Uttering OM, the single syllable that is Brahman, remembering me as one departs and leaves the body — that person reaches the supreme goal.”
— Original plain-language translation
Sound, thought, and departure converge: OM on the breath, Krishna in the heart. The abstract Absolute and the personal Lord are held together in one practice. This is among the most quoted verses on the yogic art of dying.
— Reader's notes (original)