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BG 8.6 — 8.6 Whosoever at the end leaves the body, thinking of any being, to that being only does he go, O son of Kunti (Arjuna), because of his constant thought of | Live Gita
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यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् |
तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः ||८-६||

yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaranbhāvaṃ tyajatyante kalevaram . taṃ tamevaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ ||8-6||


।।8.6।। हे कौन्तेय ! (यह जीव) अन्तकाल में जिस किसी भी भाव को स्मरण करता हुआ शरीर को त्यागता है, वह सदैव उस भाव के चिन्तन के फलस्वरूप उसी भाव को ही प्राप्त होता है।।

Word-by-word meanings

8.6 यम् which? यम् which? वा or? अपि even? स्मरन् remembering? भावम् nature (idea of object)? त्यजति leaves? अन्ते in the end? कलेवरम् the body? तम् to that? तम् to that? एव only? एति goes? कौन्तेय O Kaunteya? सदा constantly? तद्भावभावितः thinking of that object.Commentary The last thoughts determine the next birth. The most prominent thought of ones life occupies the mind at the time of death. The predominant idea at the time of death is what in normal life has occupied his attention most. The

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Swami Gambirananda

8.6 O son of Kunti, thinking of any entity whichever it may be one gives up the body at the end, he attains that very one, having been always engrossed in its thought.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।8.6।।केवल मेरे विषयमें ही यह नियम नहीं है किंतु --, हे कुन्तीपुत्र प्राणवियोगके समय ( यह जीव ) जिसजिस भी भावका अर्थात् ( जिस किसी भी ) देवताविशेषका चिन्तन करता हुआ शरीर छोड़ता है उस भावसे भावित हुआ वह पुरुष सदा उस स्मरण किये हुए भावको ही प्राप्त होता है अन्यको नहीं। उपास्य देवविषयक भावनाका नाम तद्भाव है वह जिसने भावित यानी बारंबार चिन्तन करनेके द्वारा अभ्यस्त किया हो उसका नाम तद्भावभावित है ऐसा होता हुआ ( उसीको प्राप्त होता है )।

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This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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