अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम् ।
यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥
यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥
हिन्दी अनुवाद
जो मनुष्य अन्तकालमें भी मेरा स्मरण करते हुए शरीर छोड़कर जाता है, वह मेरे स्वरुप को ही प्राप्त होता है, इसमें सन्देह नहीं है ॥
English
Whoever remembers Me at the end and leaves the body attains My state; there is no doubt.
श्लोक का अर्थ
A person who remembers Krishna at the moment of death and leaves the body reaches Krishna's state without doubt.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the battlefield, Arjuna is hearing Krishna describe the inner condition that shapes death itself. After explaining the body, the self, and the sacred act, Krishna now gives the decisive promise: remembrance at the final moment carries a person beyond bodily ending.
आज के संदर्भ में
You are sitting beside a hospital bed, trying to stay steady while everything is slipping away. What the mind holds in that last, fragile moment may matter more than the words anyone says.
सार
The final thought matters most, so the mind can be trained toward what is highest.
शब्दार्थ
अन्तकाले (at the end of life) / च (and) / माम् (Me) / एव (indeed) / स्मरन् (remembering) / मुक्त्वा (having छोड़कर / leaving) / कलेवरम् (the body) / यः (who) / प्रयाति (goes forth) / सः (that one) / मद्भावम् (My state) / याति (attains) / न (not) / अस्ति (is) / अत्र (here) / संशयः (doubt)
यह श्लोक भगवद् गीता अध्याय 8: अक्षर ब्रह्म योग — अक्षर ब्रह्म का योग का भाग है, जिसमें कुल 28 श्लोक हैं।
संबंधित विषय: bhakti (69 श्लोक)