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Chapter 8, Verse 6

यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्। तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः।।8.6।।

yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaran bhāvaṃ tyajatyante kalevaram. taṃ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ.. 8.6...

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यं यं
whatever (object/state), repeated for emphasis
वा अपि
or indeed; whatsoever
स्मरन्
remembering, thinking of (present participle)
भावम्
state of being, condition, thought
त्यजति
gives up, leaves, abandons
अन्ते
at the end, at the time of death
कलेवरम्
the body
तं तम्
that very (state), correspondingly
एव
only, indeed (emphatic)
एति
attains, goes to
कौन्तेय
O son of Kunti (Arjuna)
सदा
always, constantly
तद्भाव-भावितः
one whose mind is imbued/absorbed in that state

Commentary

6. Of whatever Being thinking at the end a man leaves the body, Him alone, O son of Kunti, reaches he by whom the thought of that Being has been constantly dwelt upon.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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यं यं
वा अपि
स्मरन्
भावम्
त्यजति
अन्ते
कलेवरम्
तं तम्
एव
एति
कौन्तेय
सदा
तद्भाव-भावितः

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