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ओम इत्य एकाक्षरं बरह्म वयाहरन माम अनुस्मरन यः परयाति तयजन देहं स याति परमां गतिम
oṁ ity ekākṣaraṁ brahma vyāharan mām anusmaran yaḥ prayāti tyajan dehaṁ sa yāti paramāṁ gatim
WORD BY 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.
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PURPORT
| It is clearly stated here that oṁ, Brahman and Lord Kṛṣṇa are not different. The impersonal sound of Kṛṣṇa is oṁ, but the sound Hare Kṛṣṇa contains oṁ. The chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is clearly recommended for this age. So if one quits his body at the end of life chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, he certainly reaches one of the spiritual planets, according to the mode of his practice. The devotees of Kṛṣṇa enter the Kṛṣṇa planet, Goloka Vṛndāvana. For the personalists there are also innumerable other planets, known as Vaikuṇṭha planets, in the spiritual sky, whereas the impersonalists remain in the brahma-jyotir.
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