The whole essence of the Gītā lies in this. Whatever kind of good deeds man does, surely his aim is to attain the highest goal? Otherwise, why would people practise holy prayers, japa and dhyāna, worship and tapas? If all believers in God who practise them note this point carefully, their efforts can bear fruit. On the matter of remembering God at this seventh, the time of the prāṇa's departure, He declared that one should remember “Om”.