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Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan

then after that what happens? Krishna tells in the next verse:

Bg 8.13

ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन् > ।

यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम् ॥ ८.१३ ॥

 

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

Word for word: 

oṁ — the combination of letters oṁ (oṁ-kāra); iti — thus; eka–akṣaram — the one syllable; brahma — absolute;vyāharan — vibrating; mām — Me (Kṛṣṇa); anusmaran — remembering; yaḥ — anyone who; prayāti — leaves;tyajan — quitting; deham — this body; saḥ — he; yāti — achieves; paramām — the supreme; gatim — destination.

Translation: 

After being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the sacred syllable oṁ, 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.

 

oṁ ity ekākṣaraṁ brahma, so Om is considered to be Eka Akshar, one syllable, one chants that then vyāharan, vyāharan means vibrating that then along with that ekākṣara, mām anusmaran, so what has to be done Krishna has earlier talked about Bhakyta Yukto, Bhakti should be there, Bhakti is for whom that is for Supreme Lord, so one can chant the sound of Om but along with that one has personal Absolute, this is very clearly stating how process of Bhakti has to be there along with the process of Yoga, and Bhakti essentially means fixing the mind on Bhagvan so mām anusmaran, so Krishna has talked about remembering Him in the fifth verse, when He talked about Anta Kala Ca Mam Eva, so that was the goal to fix mind on Him what is the way so ok we can practice this whole process of Yoga, do yoga Dharana, mūrdhny ādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam, get the Pranam over here know all this but ultimately at the end of this what one has to do mām anusmaran, one can utter Om and practice Brahmcharya all this are fine but mām anusmaran, one has to fix the mind one has to remember Krishna. And then yaḥ prayāti tyajan dehaṁ, so when one leaves the body in this way sa yāti paramāṁ gatim, that person will attain the Supreme Destination paramāṁ gatim, the ultimate destination, what is the ultimate destination that actually Krishna has mentioned earlier Pramam Purasham Divyam, will attain the Supreme Person. That is of course the ultimate goal so here the point is what will the Yoga Mishra bhakta attain? That depends on if Bhakti is predominant element present in his yoga sadhana, he will attain Vaikuntha, if Bhakti is not predominant element that person may attain Brahma Jyoti but either way for attaining success one needs to have contemplation on the Lord that is mām anusmaran one should remember the Lord then only one will be able to attain the destination.

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