ramah -- Lord Balarama; samudra -- of the ocean; velayam -- on the shore; yogam -- meditation; asthaya -- resorting to; paurusham -- upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tatyaja -- He gave up; lokam -- the world; manushyam -- human; samyojya -- merging; atmanam -- Himself; atmani -- within Himself.

Lord Balarama then sat down on the shore of the ocean and fixed Himself in meditation upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Merging Himself within Himself, He gave up this mortal world.