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Krishna

8.4 अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्। अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर

adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaścādhidaivatam | adhiyajño'hamevātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara

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adhibhūtam—the ever changing physical manifestation;kṣharaḥ—perishable;bhāvaḥ—nature;puruṣhaḥ—the cosmic personality of God, encompassing the material creation;cha—and;adhidaivatam—the Lord of the celestial gods;adhiyajñaḥ—the Lord of all sacrifices;aham—I;eva—certainly;atra—here;dehe—in the body;deha-bhṛitām—of the embodied;vara—O best

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

The changing nature is the lord of the material beings; the Person alone is the lord of the divinities; I am alone the Lord of sacrifices, and I, the best of the embodied souls, dwell in this body.

Shri Purohit Swami

Matter consists of the forms that perish; Divinity is the Supreme Self; and He who inspires the spirit of sacrifice in man, O noblest of thy race, is I Myself, Who now stand in human form before thee.

Swami Adidevananda

Adhibhuta is perishable existence, O best of the embodied men; the Adhidaivata is the Purusa (individual self). I am the Adhiyajna, here in the body.

Swami Gambirananda

The which exists in the physical plane is the mutable entity, and what exists in the divine plane is the Person. O best among the embodied beings, I Myself am the entity that exists in the sacrifice in this body.

Swami Sivananda

Adhibhuta (knowledge of the elements) pertains to My perishable Nature, and the Purusha or soul is the Adhidaiva; I alone am the Adhiyajna here in this body, O best among the embodied (men)!

Krishna

8.6 यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्। तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः

yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaranbhāvaṃ tyajatyante kalevaram | taṃ tamevaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ

Word meanings

yam yam—whatever;vā—or;api—even;smaran—remembering;bhāvam—remembrance;tyajati—gives up;ante—in the end;kalevaram—the body;tam—to that;tam—to that;eva—certainly;eti—gets;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;sadā—always;tat—that;bhāva-bhāvitaḥ—absorbed in contemplation

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

And also remembering whatever being one has been constantly thinking about, a person leaves his body at the end [of his life], O son of Kunti! That being alone he attains.

Shri Purohit Swami

On whatever sphere of being the mind of a man may be intent at the time of death, thither he will go.

Swami Adidevananda

Remembering whatsoever thought one abandons the body at the end, to that alone he goes, O Arjuna, ever dwelling in the thought thereof.

Swami Gambirananda

O son of Kunti, thinking of any entity whichever it may be one gives up the body at the end, he attains that very one, having been always engrossed in its thought.

Swami Sivananda

Whosoever at the end leaves the body, thinking of any being, to that being only does he go, O son of Kunti (Arjuna), because of his constant thought of that being!

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8.5 अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्। यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः

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anta-kāle—at the time of death;cha—and;mām—Me;eva—alone;smaran—remembering;muktvā—relinquish;kalevaram—the body;yaḥ—who;prayāti—goes;saḥ—he;mat-bhāvam—Godlike nature;yāti—achieves;na—no;asti—there is;atra—here;sanśhayaḥ—doubt

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Whosoever, at the time of death, remembering Me alone, sets forth, abandoning their body behind, they attain My being. There is no doubt about it.

Shri Purohit Swami

Whosoever at the time of death thinks only of Me, and thinking thus leaves the body and goes forth, assuredly he will know Me.

Swami Adidevananda

And he who, at the last moment, while leaving the body, departs, remembering Me alone, attains My being; of this, there is no doubt.

Swami Gambirananda

And at the time of death, anyone who departs by giving up the body while thinking of Me alone, he attains My state. There is no doubt about this.

Swami Sivananda

And whosoever, leaving the body, goes forth remembering Me alone at the time of death, he attains My Being; there is no doubt about this.