Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 8, verse 5
This verse is the heart of the chapter's teaching on death, and it is often recited to explain why remembering the divine at the end is valued in Hindu tradition.
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अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम् ।यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥
antakāle ca māmeva smaranmuktvā kalevaram |yaḥ prayāti sa madbhāvaṃ yāti nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ ||
Whoever leaves the body at the time of death remembering me alone comes to my state of being. There is no doubt about this.
जो मृत्यु के समय केवल मुझे याद करते हुए शरीर छोड़ता है, वह मेरे भाव को पाता है। इसमें कोई संदेह नहीं है।
जो मृत्यूच्या वेळी केवळ माझे स्मरण करत देह सोडतो, तो माझ्या भावाला पोहोचतो. यात काही संशय नाही.
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अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम् ।यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥
अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम् ।
The perishable world of things is the realm of the elements. The cosmic Person is the realm of the gods. And I myself, present in this body, am the lord of sacrifice.
8.6यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् ।
Whatever state of being a person remembers when leaving the body at the end, that very state they reach, Arjuna, because they were always absorbed in it.
The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
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