English
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Verses 12–13
Akṣarabrahma Yoga · śloka 12 and 13
śloka 12 and 13
sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca |
mūdhnyārdhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām ||8-12||
omityekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharanmāmanusmaran |
yaḥ prayāti tyajandehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim ||8-13||
Translation
Having restrained all the gates of the senses, fixed the mind in the heart, and placed the vital breath in the head, established in the Yoga of concentration—he who relinquishes the body while uttering the single syllable Om, which is Brahman, and remembering Me—attains the supreme goal.
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