BG 8.5

अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम् ।
यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥
anta-kāle ca mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram
yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṁ yāti nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

ca — and;  yaḥ — one who;  anta-kāle — at the time of death;  prayāti — departs [from this world];  muktvā — while giving up;  kalevaram — the body;  smaran — being absorbed in remembrance;  mām eva — [of] Me alone;  saḥ — he;  yāti — attains;  mat-bhāvam — My nature;  na asti — there is no;  saṁśayaḥ — doubt;  atra — about this.

Translation

And one who, at the time of death, departs from the body while absorbed in remembrance of Me alone, attains My nature. There is no doubt about this.

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