aksam dasa-pranam adharma-dharmau
cakre 'bhimanam rathinam ca jivam
dhanur hi tasya pranavam pathanti
saram tu jivam param eva laksyam
aksam-the spokes (on the chariot wheel); dasa-ten; pranam-the ten kinds of air flowing within the body; adharma-irreligion; dharmau-religion (two sides of the wheel, up and down); cakre-in the wheel; abhimanam-false identification; rathinam-the charioteer or master of the body; ca-also; jivam-the living entity; dhanuh-the bow; hi-indeed; tasya-his; pranavam-the Vedic mantra omkara; pathanti-it is said; saram-an arrow; tu-but; jivam-the living entity; param-the Supreme Lord; eva-indeed; laksyam-the target.