इन्द्रियाणि मनस्यूर्मौ वाचि वैकारिकं मन: । वाचं वर्णसमाम्नाये तमोङ्कारे स्वरे न्यसेत् । ओङ्कारं बिन्दौ नादे तं तं तु प्राणे महत्यमुम् ॥ ५३ ॥
indriyani manasy urmau vaci vaikarikam manah vacam varna-samamnaye tam omkare svare nyaset omkaram bindau nade tam tam tu prane mahaty amum
- indriyani
- the senses (acting and knowledge-gathering)
- manasi
- in the mind
- urmau
- in the waves of acceptance and rejection
- vaci
- in the words
- vaikarikam
- infected by changes
- manah
- the mind
- vacam
- the words
- varna-samamnaye
- in the aggregate of all alphabets
- tam
- that (aggregate of all alphabets)
- omkare
- in the concise form of omkara
- svare
- in the vibration
- nyaset
- one should give up
- omkaram
- the concise sound vibration
- bindau
- in the point of omkara
- nade
- in the sound vibration
- tam
- that
- tam
- that (sound vibration)
- tu
- indeed
- prane
- in the life air
- mahati
- unto the Supreme
- amum
- the living entity
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 omkara. Omkara 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.