Chapter 8 · The Imperishable Absolute

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 8.6

यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावित:

yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajatyante kalevaram taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ

Recitation · Text 8.6
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (16 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

The general law behind it: whatever state one remembers when leaving the body, that state one attains — having always been absorbed in it. The last thought is not free; it is the sum of what a life was spent thinking about.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The last thought is not free — it is the sum of a life's thinking.