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Bhagavad Gītā 8.5

BG 8.5

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

anta-kāle cha mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṁ yāti nāstyatra sanśhayaḥ

Whosoever, at the time of death, thinks only of Me and, thinking thus, leaves the body and goes forth, will assuredly know Me.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

And whoever, leaving their body, goes forth remembering Me alone at the time of death, they will attain My Being; there is no doubt about this.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

anta-kāle—at the time of death; cha—and; mām—me; eva—alone; smaran—remembering; muktvā—relinquish; kalevaram—the body; yaḥ—who; prayāti—goes; saḥ—he; mat-bhāvam—Godlike nature; yāti—achieves; na—no; asti—there is; atra—here; sanśhayaḥ—doubt

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 8.5, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/8.5), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense)

Dataset: Unlicense (public domain dedication). Translations: see per-translation licence.

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