Gita Bhashya -Sankara 331

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -8

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Om-ityekāksaram Brahma vyāharan-māmamismaran
Yah prayāti tyajan-deham sa yāti paramām gatim

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

Uttering, pronouncing, the one-syllabled Om, the appellation of the Brahman, and meditating on, thinking constantly of, Me, the object denoted thereby, Tśvara,-he who departs, dies, leaving the body-this phrase is used for describing the departure, namely, that the departure of the Self takes place by abandoning the body; and not that it dies through itself getting destroyed,- attains, reaches, the Supreme, the most exalted, Goal[1].

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References and Context

  1. Krama-mukli (release by steps) is to be understood. (A)