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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Verse 6

भगवद् गीता अध्याय 8 श्लोक 6

यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्।
तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः।।8.6।।

English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

8.6. And also remembering whatever being, a person leaves his body at the end [of his life], that being alone he attains, O son of Kunti ! [Because] he has been constantly thinking about that being.

English Translation of Commentary - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

8.6 See Comment under 8.7

Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 8.6

Yam yam vaapi smaran bhaavam tyajatyante kalevaram; Tam tamevaiti kaunteya sadaa tadbhaavabhaavitah.

Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 8.6

yam yam—whatever; vā—or; api—even; smaran—remembering; bhāvam—remembrance; tyajati—gives up; ante—in the end; kalevaram—the body; tam—to that; tam—to that; eva—certainly; eti—gets; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; sadā—always; tat—that; bhāva-bhāvitaḥ—absorbed in contemplation