The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission
Antakale cha mameva smaran muktva kalevaram I
The Worship of Iswara 1-8
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 8 - Akshara Brahma Yoga - Sloka 5
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| Dodamallur Krishna |
Yah prayati samadbhavam yati nastyatra samshayah II sloka 5
And whoever, at the time of death, leaving the body, goes forth remembering me alone, he attains my being; there is no doubt about this.
"My being" mentioned here comprises of Iswara in his supreme state
The essence of the sum total of the entire thoughts and feelings that have been taking place in the mind of man during the span of his life, stands condensed into a single state of mind at the time of departure from the body. To effect the thought of the lord at the last moment is therefore well nigh impossible. Preparation for it has to go on through life. He who is absorbed in the thought of God while departing from the body attains moksha. And this is mukti, getting which there is no more return to mundane life. This is the universal law; There need be no doubt about it.
What becomes of those who do not think of the lord, but get fixed in other thoughts at the time of death? The answer comes in the next sloka.
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