8.5 अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्। यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः
anta
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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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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.
Whosoever at the time of death thinks only of Me, and thinking thus leaves the body and goes forth, assuredly he will know Me.
And he who, at the last moment, while leaving the body, departs, remembering Me alone, attains My being; of this, there is no doubt.
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.
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.
8.7 तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च। मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्
tasmāt
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tasmāt—therefore;sarveṣhu—in all;kāleṣhu—times;mām—Me;anusmara—remember;yudhya—fight;cha—and;mayi—to Me;arpita—surrender;manaḥ—mind;buddhiḥ—intellect;mām—to Me;eva—surely;eṣhyasi—you shall attain;asanśhayaḥ—without a doubt
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Therefore, at all times keep Me in your mind and fight; then, having your mind and intellect dedicated to Me, you will undoubtedly attain Me alone.
Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to Me shalt thou surely come.
Therefore, remember Me at all times and fight; with your mind and intellect set on Me, you shall surely come to Me.
Therefore, think of Me at all times and fight. There is no doubt that by dedicating your mind and intellect to Me, you will attain Me alone.
Therefore, at all times remember Me only and fight. With mind and intellect fixed (or absorbed) in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
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अक्षरब्रह्मयोग
Chapter 8: The Nature of Brahman
akṣarabrahmayoga
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8.6 यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्। तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः
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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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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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.
On whatever sphere of being the mind of a man may be intent at the time of death, thither he will go.
Remembering whatsoever thought one abandons the body at the end, to that alone he goes, O Arjuna, ever dwelling in the thought thereof.
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.
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!
