Chapter 8, Verse 10
प्रयाणकाले मनसाऽचलेन भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव। भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक् स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम्।।8.10।।
prayāṇakāle manasā'calena bhaktyā yukto yogabalena caiva| bhruvormadhye prāṇamāveśya samyak sa taṃ paraṃ puruṣamupaiti divyam||8.10||
Word by word
- प्रयाणकाले
- at the time of death (departure)
- मनसा
- with the mind
- अचलेन
- unmoving, steady
- भक्त्या
- with devotion
- युक्तः
- endowed with, united
- योगबलेन
- by the power of yoga
- च एव
- and indeed
- भ्रुवोः मध्ये
- between the eyebrows
- प्राणम्
- the life-breath
- आवेश्य
- having fixed/directed
- सम्यक्
- properly, completely
- सः
- he
- तम्
- that
- परम्
- supreme
- पुरुषम्
- Person (Supreme Being)
- उपैति
- attains, reaches
- दिव्यम्
- divine
Commentary
9 — 10. Whoso meditates on the Sage, the Ancient, the Ruler, smaller than an atom, the Dispenser of all, of unthinkable nature, glorious like the Sun, beyond the darkness, (whoso medi- tates on such a Being) at the time of death, with a steady mind endued with devotion and strength of Yoga, well fixing the life-breath betwixt the eye-brows, he reaches that Supreme Purusha Resplendent.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 9-10 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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