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BHAGAVADGITA.
And he who leaves this body and departs (from this world) remembering me in (his) last moments, comes into my essence. There is no doubt of that. Also whichever form' (of deity) he remembers when he finally leaves this body, to that he goes, O son of Kunti! having been used to ponder on it. Therefore, at all times remember me, and engage in battle. Fixing your mind and understanding on me, you will come to me, there is no doubt. He who thinks of the supreme divine Being, O son of Prithâ! with a mind not(running) to other (objects), and possessed of abstraction in the shape of continuous meditation (about the supreme), goes to him. He who, possessed of reverence (for the supreme Being) with a steady mind, and with the power of devotion, properly concentrates the life-breath between the brows, and meditates on the ancient Seer, the ruler, more minute than the minutest atom, the supporter of all, who is of an unthinkable form, whose brilliance is like that of the sun, and who is beyond all darkness, he attains to that transcendent and divine Being. I will tell you briefly about the seat, which those who know the Vedas declare to be indestructible; which is entered by ascetics from whom all desires have departed; and wishing for which, people pursue the
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action, cf. pp. 53, 54. AdhibhQla is apparently the whole inanimate creation, and Adhidaivala is the being supposed to dwell in the sun. Adhiyagia is Krishna. Cf. 100 pp. 113, 114.
'Some commentators say whatever thing' generally. The form' remembered in one's last moments would be that which had been most often meditated on during lise.
. Cf. supra, p. 67. 'Katha, p. 105; Svelásvalara, p. 333. • Cr. Svetâsvatara-upanishad, p. 327. • Kalhopanishad, p. 103.
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