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अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्।

यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः।।8.5।।
 

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Ramanuja

।।8.5।।अन्तकाले च माम् एव स्मरन् कलेवरं त्यक्त्वाः यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति। मम यो भावः स्वभावः तं याति तदानीं यथा माम् अनुसंधत्ते तथाविधाकारो भवति इत्यर्थः। यथा आदिभरतादयः तदानीं स्मर्यमाणमृगसजातीयाकाराः संभूताः।स्मर्तुः स्वविषयसजातीयाकारतापादनम् अन्त्यप्रत्ययस्य स्वभाव इति सुस्पष्टम् आह --

Hindi Translation By Swami Ramsukhdas

।।8.5।। 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 Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Adidevananda

8.5 He who, at the last moment, while leaving the body, departs remembering Me alone, attains My being; he attains My condition. In whatever way he meditates on Me, he attains that very form, in the same manner as the royal sage Bharata attained the form of the deer remembered by him at death. Such is the meaning. Sri Krsna further elucidates that it is the nature of one's last thought that leads to the attainment of a similar form by the meditator:

English Translation By Swami Gambirananda

8.5 And at the time of death, anyone who departs by giving up the body while thinking of Me alone, he attains My state. There is no doubt about this.