BG 8.6

यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् ।
तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः ॥
yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram
taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

kaunteya — O son of Kuntī;  yam yam vā api — whatsoever;  bhāvam — object;  smaran — one contemplates;  ante — at the time of death;  tyajati — [while] he gives up;  kalevaram — the body;  tam tam eva — that only;  eti — he attains;  bhāvitaḥ — being absorbed;  sadā — constantly;  bhāva — [in] thought;  tat — [of] that.

Translation

O son of Kuntī, whatever object one contemplates at the time of death while giving up the body, that and that only he attains, being constantly absorbed in thoughts of it.

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