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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