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anta-kāle ca mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaḿ yāti nāsty atra saḿśayaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.5 And whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My...

yaḿ yaḿ vāpi smaran bhāvaḿ tyajaty ante kalevaram taḿ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.6 Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O son of Kunti, that state he...

tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu mām anusmara yudhya ca mayy arpita-mano-buddhir mām evaiṣyasy asaḿśayaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.7 Therefore, Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of Krishna and at the same time...

abhyāsa-yoga-yuktena cetasā nānya-gāminā paramaḿ puruṣaḿ divyaḿ yāti pārthānucintayan Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.8 He who meditates on Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his mind constantly engaged in remembering...

kaviḿ purāṇam anuśāsitāram aṇor aṇīyāḿsam anusmared yaḥ sarvasya dhātāram acintya-rūpam āditya-varṇaḿ tamasaḥ parastāt Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.9 One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who knows...

prayāṇa-kāle manasācalena bhaktyā yukto yoga-balena caiva bhruvor madhye prāṇam āveśya samyak sa taḿ paraḿ puruṣam upaiti divyam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.10 One who, at the time of death, fixes his life air between...

yad akṣaraḿ veda-vido vadanti viśanti yad yatayo vīta-rāgāḥ yad icchanto brahma-caryaḿ caranti tat te padaḿ sańgraheṇa pravakṣye Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.11 Persons who are learned in the Vedas, who utter omkara and...

sarva-dvārāṇi saḿyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca mūrdhny ādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yoga-dhāraṇām Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.12 The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements. Closing all the doors...

oḿ ity ekākṣaraḿ brahma vyāharan mām anusmaran yaḥ prayāti tyajan dehaḿ sa yāti paramāḿ gatim Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.13 After being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the sacred syllable om, the supreme...

ananya-cetāḥ satataḿ yo māḿ smarati nityaśaḥ tasyāhaḿ su-labhaḥ pārtha nitya-yuktasya yoginaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.14 For one who always remembers Me without deviation, I am easy to obtain, O son of Pritha,...