यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः | यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति तत्ते पदं संग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये
yadakṣaraṃ vedavido vadanti viśanti yadyatayo vītarāgāḥ . yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti tatte padaṃ saṃgraheṇa pravakṣye
我将简要地向你阐述那吠陀智者所宣称的、离欲精进者所趋入的、以及人们为希求而修梵行的不朽之境。
I shall speak to you briefly of that immutable Goal which the knowers of the Vedas declare, into which enter the deligent ones free from attachment, and aspiring for which people practise celibacy.
至高存在，以神圣的单音节“唵”（Om）或“普拉那瓦”（Pranava）为象征，是人类的最高境界或终极目标。《伽陀奥义书》中，阎摩（死神）对那契克塔斯说：“诸吠陀所言之目标，诸苦行所宣称，为希求而修梵行者所求之境，我将简要告之，即是‘唵’。”希比之子萨提亚卡玛询问毗钵罗陀：“世人若在此世至死冥想‘唵’音节，将获得何种境界？”毗钵罗陀答道：“萨提亚卡玛啊，‘唵’确实是高层梵和低层梵。以三摩怛罗（Matras）的‘唵’音节冥想高层普鲁沙（Purusha）者，将被《娑摩吠陀》诗句引导至梵天界（Brahmaloka）或梵天之境。”（《疑问奥义书》）普拉那瓦或“唵”被视为至高自我的表达，或其偶像（Pratika）般的象征。对智力迟钝或中等者而言，它是证悟至高自我的途径。在冥想开始时诵念三遍“唵”，你会发现更容易集中精神。
The Supreme Being which is symbolised by the sacred monosyllable Om or the Pranava is the highest step or the supreme goal of man.The same ideas are expressed in the Kathopanishad. Yama (the God of Death) said to Nachiketas? The goal which all the Vedas speak of? which all penances proclaim and wishing for which they lead the life of celibacy? that goal (world) I will briefly tell thee. It is Om. Satyakama the son of Sibi estioned Pippalada? O Bhagavan? if some one among men meditates here until death on the syllable Om? what world does he obtain by that Pippalada replied? O Satyakama? the syllable Om is indeed the higher and the lower Brahman. He who meditates on the higher Purusha with this syllable Om of three Matras (units) is led up by the Samaverses to the Brahmaloka or the world of Brahma. (Prasnopanishad)Pranava or Om is considered either as an expression of the Supreme Self or Its symbol like anidol (Pratika). It serves persons of dull and middling intellects as a means for realising the Supreme Self.Chant Om three times at the commencement of your meditation you will find concentration of mind easier.