Bhagavad Gita
Akshara-brahma-yoga (The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman)8.5
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Bhagavad Gita · 8.5
Devanāgarī

अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम् ।
यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

anta-kāle ca mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram |
yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṁ yāti nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अन्तकाले चanta-kāle caand at the end (anta) of time (kāla), at the moment of death.
माम् एवmām evaMe alone.
स्मरन्smaranremembering.
मुक्त्वाmuktvāhaving given up.
कलेवरम्kalevaramthe body.
यः प्रयातिyaḥ prayātihe who departs.
सःsaḥhe.
मद्भावम्mat-bhāvamof My nature.
यातिyātihe attains.
न अस्ति अत्रna asti atrathere is not here.
संशयःsaṁśayaḥdoubt.
Translation

“And whoever, at the moment of death, gives up his body and departs remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.”

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