Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.15.53

indriyāṇi manasy ūrmau

vāci vaikārikaḿ manaḥ

vācaḿ varṇa-samāmnāye

tam oḿkāre svare nyaset

oḿkāraḿ bindau nāde taḿ

taḿ tu prāṇe mahaty amum

SYNONYMS

indriyāṇi — the senses (acting and knowledge-gathering); manasi — in the mind; ūrmau — in the waves of acceptance and rejection; vāci — in the words; vaikārikam — infected by changes; manaḥ — the mind; vācam — the words; varṇa-samāmnāye — in the aggregate of all alphabets; tam — that (aggregate of all alphabets); oḿkāre — in the concise form of oḿkāra; svare — in the vibration; nyaset — one should give up; oḿkāram — the concise sound vibration; bindau — in the point of oḿkāra; nāde — in the sound vibration; tam — that; tam — that (sound vibration); tu — indeed; prāṇe — in the life air; mahati — unto the Supreme; amum — the living entity.

TRANSLATION

The mind is always agitated by waves of acceptance and rejection. Therefore all the activities of the senses should be offered into the mind, which should be offered into one's words. Then one's words should be offered into the aggregate of all alphabets, which should be offered into the concise form oḿkāra. Oḿkāra should be offered into the point bindu, bindu into the vibration of sound, and that vibration into the life air. Then the living entity, who is all that remains, should be placed in Brahman, the Supreme. This is the process of sacrifice.

PURPORT

The mind is always agitated by acceptance and rejection, which are compared to mental waves that are constantly tossing. The living entity is floating in the waves of material existence because of his forgetfulness. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has therefore sung in his Gītāvalī: miche māyāra vaśe, yāccha bhese', khāccha hābuḍubu, bhāi. "My dear mind, under the influence of māyā you are being carried away by the waves of rejection and acceptance. Simply take shelter of Kṛṣṇa." Jīva kṛṣṇa-dāsa, ei viśvāsa, karle ta' āra duḥkha nāi: if we simply regard the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa as our ultimate shelter, we shall be saved from all these waves of māyā, which are variously exhibited as mental and sensual activities and the agitation of rejection and acceptance. Kṛṣṇa instructs in Bhagavad-gītā (18.66):

sarva-dharmān parityajya

mām ekaḿ śaraṇaḿ vraja

ahaḿ tvāḿ sarva-pāpebhyo

mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ

"Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." Therefore if we simply place ourselves at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa by taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and keeping always in touch with Him by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, we need not take much trouble in arranging to return to the spiritual world. By the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, this is very easy.

harer nāma harer nāma

harer nāmaiva kevalam

kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva

nāsty eva gatir anyathā

[Adi 17.21]

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