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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.15.53

इन्द्रियाणि मनस्यूर्मौ वाचि वैकारिकं मन: । वाचं वर्णसमाम्नाये तमोङ्कारे स्वरे न्यसेत् । ओङ्कारं बिन्दौ नादे तं तं तु प्राणे महत्यमुम् ॥ ५३ ॥
indriyāṇi manasy ūrmau
[indriyaani manasy oormau]
vāci vaikārikaṁ manaḥ
[vaachi vaikaarikam manah]
vācaṁ varṇa-samāmnāye
[vaacham varna-samaamnaaye]
tam oṁkāre svare nyaset
[tam omkaare svare nyaset]
oṁkāraṁ bindau nāde taṁ
[omkaaram bindau naade tam]
taṁ tu prāṇe mahaty amum
[tam tu praane mahaty amum]
Word-for-word
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) oṁkāre — in the concise form of oṁkāra svare — in the vibration nyaset — one should give up oṁkāram — the concise sound vibration bindau — in the point of oṁkāra 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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
indriyāṇi manasy ūrmau
indriyāṇi
the senses (acting and knowledge-gathering)
manasi
in the mind
ūrmau
in the waves of acceptance and rejection
vāci vaikārikaṁ manaḥ
vāci
in the words
vaikārikam
infected by changes
manaḥ
the mind
vācaṁ varṇa-samāmnāye
vācam
the words
varṇa-samāmnāye
in the aggregate of all alphabets
tam oṁkāre svare nyaset
tam
that (aggregate of all alphabets)
oṁkāre
in the concise form of oṁkāra
svare
in the vibration
nyaset
one should give up
oṁkāraṁ bindau nāde taṁ
oṁkāram
the concise sound vibration
bindau
in the point of oṁkāra
nāde
in the sound vibration
tam
that
taṁ tu prāṇe mahaty amum
tam
that (sound vibration)
tu
indeed
prāṇe
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 oṁkāra. Oṁkāra 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 ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ 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

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
He offers the senses into the flickering mind and offers the mind into speech. He offers speech into the syllables, and the syllables into oṁ. He offers oṁ into bindu and bindu into nāda. He offers nāda into sūtrātmā. He offers sūtrātmā into the Brahman. He offers the senses into the mind which has waves of lamentation and illusion. He offers the mind, which undergoes change such as identifying as the doer (vaikārikam), into speech, characterized by grammatical rules. He offers speech into all the syllables, since the syllables are a particular aspect of speech. The syllables are offered into oṁ, which is composed of three sounds (svare). He offers oṁ into the bindu (anusvara), and offers bindu into nāda. [Note: Nāda is the semicircle, which is combined with a dot, anusvara, to form the glyph used to write the syllable oṁ. ] Nāda is offered into sūtrātmā [Note: Sūtrātma is mahat-tattva with a tinge of rajas.] and sūtrātmā is offered into Brahman (mahati).
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Personal Guidance
The mind is constantly tossed by acceptance and rejection like waves. Offer the senses' activities into the mind, mind into words, words into the aggregate of alphabets, and so on up — by mahā-mantra and meditation, return up the ladder toward Kṛṣṇa.
Reflection Questions
  • Where are the waves of acceptance and rejection most violently tossing you?
  • What sound practice — japa, kīrtana — most reliably calms those waves for you?
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