Bhagavad Gita 8.6
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्। तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः।।
yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajatyante kalevaram taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| yam yam | yam yam | whatever |
| vā | vā | or |
| api | api | even |
| smaran | smaran | remembering |
| bhāvam | bhāvam | remembrance |
| tyajati | tyajati | gives up |
| ante | ante | in the end |
| kalevaram | kalevaram | the body |
| tam | tam | to that |
| tam | tam | to that |
| eva | eva | certainly |
| eti | eti | gets |
| kaunteya | kaunteya | Arjun, the son of Kunti |
| sadā | sadā | always |
| tat | tat | that |
| bhāva-bhāvitaḥ | bhāva-bhāvitaḥ | absorbed in contemplation |
Whoever at the end leaves the body, thinking of any being, to that being only does he go, O son of Kunti (Arjuna), due to his constant thought of that being.
हे कौन्तेय ! (यह जीव) अन्तकाल में जिस किसी भी भाव को स्मरण करता हुआ शरीर को त्यागता है, वह सदैव उस भाव के चिन्तन के फलस्वरूप उसी भाव को ही प्राप्त होता है।।