BHAGAVAD-GITA 8:13

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 8:13

 

om ity ekaksaram brahma

vyaharan mam anusmaran

yah prayati tyajan deham

sa yati paramam gatim

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

om--the combination of letters om (omkara); iti--thus;

eka-aksaram--the one syllable; brahma--absolute; vyaharan--vibrating;

mam--Me (Krsna); anusmaran--remembering; yah--anyone who;

prayati--leaves; tyajan--quitting; deham--this body; sah--he;

yati--achieves; paramam--the 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.

 

PURPORT

 

It is clearly stated here that om, Brahman and Lord Krsna are not

different. The impersonal sound of Krsna is om, but the sound Hare

Krsna contains om. The chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra is clearly

recommended for this age. So if one quits his body at the end of life

chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama,

Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, he certainly reaches one of the

spiritual planets, according to the mode of his practice. The devotees

of Krsna enter the Krsna planet, Goloka Vrndavana. For the

personalists there are also innumerable other planets, known as

Vaikuntha planets, in the spiritual sky, whereas the impersonalists

remain in the brahmajyoti.

 

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