Bhagavad Gita · 8.6
॥
Devanāgarī
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् ।
तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram |
taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यम् यम् वा अपिyam yam vā apiwhatever, whichever.
स्मरन्smaranremembering.
भावम्bhāvamstate of being, object.
त्यजति अन्तेtyajati antehe gives up (tyajati) at the end (anta).
कलेवरम्kalevaramthe body.
तम् तम् एवtam tam evathat very one.
एतिetihe attains.
कौन्तेयkaunteyaO son of Kunti!
सदाsadāalways.
तत्-भाव-भावितःtat-bhāva-bhāvitaḥabsorbed (bhāvita) in thoughts (bhāva) of it (tat).
Translation
“O son of Kunti, whatever state of being one remembers as he gives up his body, that very state he will attain, for he has always been absorbed in thoughts of it.”
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