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Bhakti & surrenderChapter 8 · Attaining the Supreme
8.48.6

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 8.5

Remember Krishna while performing duty

अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम् ।

य: प्रयाति स मद्भ‍ावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशय: ॥ ५ ॥

anta-kāle ca mām eva

smaran muktvā kalevaram

yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṁ

yāti nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ

Translation

And whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body remembering Me alone at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.

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What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

Remembering Kṛṣṇa at Death

  1. 1Anyone who leaves the body remembering Kṛṣṇa alone immediately attains His nature, without doubt.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that remembering Kṛṣṇa at death requires practice in devotional service from early life.
  3. 3Keep chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and patiently tolerate difficulties to prepare to remember Him at death.

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In the story

Chapter 8, Attaining the Supreme: remember krishna while performing duty.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Loving service and surrender to Kṛṣṇa.

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Key ideas in this verse

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Remembrance

Remembering Krishna at death is connected with attaining Him.

Time & mortality

Consciousness at death is linked to one’s destination.

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The story behind it

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Related verses

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BG 8.7Remember Krishna and fightBG 9.34Bring the heart and mind to KrishnaBG 2.27The eternal soul beyond bodily deathBG 11.32Krishna reveals Himself as time

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