Bhagavad Gita 8.6 meaningWhat lasts beyond death
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“What you think about most is where you end up.”
What it means
“Whatever a person thinks of as they leave the body, they go to — because that is what their mind has been absorbed in all along.”
The original Sanskrit
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् । तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः ॥
yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaranbhāvaṃ tyajatyante kalevaram taṃ tamevaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ
Translations
Literal translation
O son of Kunti, thinking of any entity whichever it may be one gives up the body at the end, he attains that very one, having been always engrossed in its thought.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
हे कौन्तेय ! (यह जीव) अन्तकाल में जिस किसी भी भाव को स्मरण करता हुआ शरीर को त्यागता है, वह सदैव उस भाव के चिन्तन के फलस्वरूप उसी भाव को ही प्राप्त होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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