वाचं वर्णसमाम्नाये तमोंकारे स्वरे न्यसेत् ।
ओंकारं बिन्दौ नादे तं तं तु प्राणे महत्यमुम् ॥५३॥
indriyÄṇi manasy Å«rmau
vÄci vaikÄrikaá¹ manaḥ
vÄcaá¹ varṇa-samÄmnÄye
tam oá¹kÄre svare nyaset
oá¹kÄraá¹ bindau nÄde taá¹
taá¹ tu prÄṇe mahaty amum
indriyÄṇi - the senses (acting and knowledge-gathering); manasi - in the mind; Å«rmau - in the waves of acceptance and rejection; vÄci - in the words; vaikÄrikam - infected by changes; manaḥ - the mind; vÄcam - the words; varṇa-samÄmnÄye - in the aggregate of all alphabets; tam - that (aggregate of all alphabets); oá¹kÄre - in the concise form of oá¹kÄra; svare - in the vibration; nyaset - one should give up; oá¹kÄram - the concise sound vibration; bindau - in the point of oá¹kÄra; nÄde - in the sound vibration; tam - that; tam - that (sound vibration); tu - indeed; prÄṇe - 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 oá¹kÄra. Oá¹kÄra 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.
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. ÅšrÄ«la Bhaktivinoda ṬhÄkura has therefore sung in his GÄ«tÄvalÄ«: miche mÄyÄra vaÅ›e, yÄccha bhese’, khÄccha hÄbuá¸ubu, bhÄi. “My dear mind, under the influence of mÄyÄ you are being carried away by the waves of rejection and acceptance. Simply take shelter of Kṛṣṇa.†JÄ«va kṛṣṇa-dÄsa, ei viÅ›vÄsa, karle ta’ Ära duḥkha nÄi: if we simply regard the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa as our ultimate shelter, we shall be saved from all these waves of mÄyÄ, which are variously exhibited as mental and sensual activities and the agitation of rejection and acceptance. Kṛṣṇa instructs in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (18.66):
sarva-dharmÄn parityajya
mÄm ekaá¹ Å›araṇaá¹ vraja
ahaá¹ tvÄá¹ sarva-pÄpebhyo
moká¹£ayiá¹£yÄmi mÄ Å›ucaḥ
“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 ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, this is very easy.
harer nÄma harer nÄma
harer nÄmaiva kevalam
kalau nÄsty eva nÄsty eva
nÄsty eva gatir anyathÄ
