सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च ।
मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम् ॥ १२ ॥
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन् ।
यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम् ॥ १३ ॥
मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम् ॥ १२ ॥
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन् ।
यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम् ॥ १३ ॥
sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca .
mūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām .. 12 ..
omityekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharanmāmanusmaran .
yaḥ prayāti tyajandehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 13 ..
Having closed all the gates, having confined mind in the heart, having fixed his life-breath in the head, engaged in firm Yoga, uttering Brahman, the one-syllabled ‘Om,’ thinking of Me, whoso departs, leaving the body, he reaches the Supreme Goal.
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Having closed all the avenues of knowledge and having concentrated thought in the lotus of the heart, and with thought thus controlled, he ascends by the Nadi which passes upwards from the heart, and then fixing life-breath in the head, he utters the syllable ‘Om’, the appellation of the Brahman, and meditates on Me.—‘Leaving the body, shows the mode of departure. The departure takes place by the Self leaving the body, not by the Self being destroyed.