BG - 8.13

ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्। यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्।।8.13।।

oṁ ityekākṣharaṁ brahma vyāharan mām anusmaran yaḥ prayāti tyajan dehaṁ sa yāti paramāṁ gatim

• om - sacred syllable representing the formless aspect of God
• iti - thus
• eka-akṣharam - one syllabled
• brahma - the Absolute Truth
• vyāharan - chanting
• mām - me (Shree Krishna)
• anusmaran - remembering
• yaḥ - who
• prayāti - departs
• tyajan - quitting
• deham - the body
• saḥ - he
• yāti - attains
• paramām - the supreme
• gatim - goal

Translation

Uttering the one-syllabled Om, the Brahman, and remembering Me, he who departs, leaving the body, attains the Supreme Goal.

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