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
我將簡要地向你闡述那不朽的目標，那是《吠陀》的知曉者所宣稱的，是那些離欲、自制者所進入的，也是人們為之而修習梵行（brahmacarya）所嚮往的。
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.
至高無上的存在，以神聖的單音節「唵」（Om）或「普拉那瓦」（Pranava）為象徵，是人類的最高境界或終極目標。《伽陀奧義書》（Kathopanishad）和《普拉什那奧義書》（Prasnopanishad）中也表達了相同的思想。「唵」被視為至高自性（Supreme Self）的表達或其象徵，對於心智遲鈍或中等的人來說，它是實現至高自性的一種途徑。在冥想開始時念誦三次「唵」，將有助於更容易地集中精神。
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.