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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 15]
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.
TRANSLATION
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 Thākura has therefore sung in his  Gūtāvalī :  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-gūtā  (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