Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Verse 13 Meaning
Uttering the one-syllabled Om, the Brahman, and remembering Me, he who departs, leaving the body, attains the Supreme Goal.
BG 8.13
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्। यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्
oṁ ityekākṣharaṁ brahma vyāharan mām anusmaran yaḥ prayāti tyajan dehaṁ sa yāti paramāṁ gatim
Meaning
Uttering the one-syllabled Om, the Brahman, and remembering Me, he who departs, leaving the body, attains the Supreme Goal.
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Explanation & Life Application
This verse from Chapter 8 of the Bhagavad Gita highlights a practical insight: Uttering the one-syllabled Om, the Brahman, and remembering Me, he who departs, leaving the body, attains the Supreme Goal.
In The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman (Aksara Brahma Yoga), Krishna explains The nature of the Supreme Being and what happens to the soul at the time of death.
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Chapter Context
The nature of the Supreme Being and what happens to the soul at the time of death.
Key themes in this chapter include Death, Remembrance, Liberation.
When to Apply This Verse
- •When you need steadiness while dealing with death
- •When practicing remembrance amid uncertainty
- •When applying liberation to real-life choices
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And whoever, leaving their body, goes forth remembering Me alone at the time of death, they will attain My Being; there is no doubt about this.
BG 8.6
Whoever at the end leaves the body, thinking of any being, to that being only does he go, O son of Kunti (Arjuna), due to his constant thought of that being.
BG 1.1
Dhritarashtra said, "What did my people and the sons of Pandu do when they had assembled together, eager for battle, on the holy plain of Kurukshetra, O Sanjaya?"
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