Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.14.34

hridy avicchinam omkāram

ghantā-nādam bisorna-vat

prānenodīrya tatrātha

punah samveśayet svaram

SYNONYMS

hridi — in the heart; avicchinnam — uninterrupted, continuous; omkāram — the sacred vibration om; ghantā — like a bell; nādam — sound; bisa-ūrna-vat — like the fiber running up the lotus stalk; prānena — by the wind of prāna; udīrya — pushing upward; tatra — therein (at a distance of twelve thumb-breadths); atha — thus; punah — again; samveśayet — one should join together; svaram — the fifteen vibrations produced with anusvāra.

TRANSLATION

Beginning from the mūlādhāra-cakra, one should move the life air continuously upward like the fibers in the lotus stalk until one reaches the heart, where the sacred syllable om is situated like the sound of a bell. One should thus continue raising the sacred syllable upward the distance of twelve ańgulas, and there the omkāra should be joined together with the fifteen vibrations produced with anusvāra.

PURPORT

It appears that the yoga system is somewhat technical and difficult to perform. Anusvāra refers to a nasal vibration pronounced after the fifteen Sanskrit vowels. The complete explanation of this process is extremely complicated and obviously unsuitable for this age. From this description we can appreciate the sophisticated achievements of those who in former ages practiced mystic meditation. Despite such appreciation, however, we should stick firmly to the simple, foolproof method of meditation prescribed for the present age, the chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare R ama, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

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