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Bhagavad Gita 8.10

प्रयाणकाले मनसाऽचलेन भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव। भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक् स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम्।।

prayāṇa-kāle manasāchalena bhaktyā yukto yoga-balena chaiva bhruvor madhye prāṇam āveśhya samyak sa taṁ paraṁ puruṣham upaiti divyam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
prayāṇa-kāleprayāṇa-kāleat the time of death
manasāmanasāmind
achalenaachalenasteadily
bhaktyābhaktyāremembering with great devotion
yuktaḥyuktaḥunited
yoga-balenayoga-balenathrough the power of yog
chachaand
evaevacertainly
bhruvoḥbhruvoḥthe two eyebrows
madhyemadhyebetween
prāṇamprāṇamlife airs
āveśhyaāveśhyafixing
samyaksamyakcompletely
saḥsaḥhe
tamtamhim
param puruṣhamparam puruṣhamthe Supreme Divine Lord
upaitiupaitiattains
divyamdivyamdivine

At the time of death, with an unwavering mind, endowed with devotion, by the power of Yoga, fixing the whole life-breath in the middle of the two eyebrows, he reaches that resplendent Supreme Person.

वह (साधक) अन्तकाल में योगबल से प्राण को भ्रकुटि के मध्य सम्यक् प्रकार स्थापन करके निश्चल मन से भक्ति युक्त होकर उस परम दिव्य पुरुष को प्राप्त होता है।।