ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन् ।यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम् ॥ ८-१३॥

omityekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharanmāmanusmaran । yaḥ prayāti tyajandehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim ॥ 8-13॥

om, the sacred syllable, said to embrace all

the secrets of the universe.

iti, thus.

ekākṣaraṃ (n. acc. sg.), one syllabled, single syllabled.

brahma (n. acc. sg.), Brahman.

vyaharan (pr. act. participle vi a ,jhr), utter-ing, pronouncing, speaking.

mam (acc. sg.), me.

anusmaran (m. nom. sg. pr. act. participle anu ,jsm~), meditating on, thinking about, remembering.

yas (m. nom. sg.), who.

prayati (3rd sg. pr. indic. act. pra ,jya), he goes forth, he dies.

tyajan (m. nom. sg. pr. participle act. ,j tyaj), renouncing, abandoning.

deham (m.!n. acc. sg.), body.

sas (m. nom. sg.), he, this one.

yati (3rd sg. pr. indic. act. ,jya), he goes, he attains.

paramam (f. acc. sg.), to the highest, to the supreme.

gatim (f. acc. sg.), goal, path.