Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 258

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-8 Tāraka Brahma Yogaḥ

Sri Krishna further elucidates that it is the nature of one’s last thought that leads to the attainment of a similar form by the meditator:— yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaran-bhāvaṃ tyajaty-ante kalevaram | taṃ tam-evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ || 6 || 6. Whatsoever concept (bhāvam) one thinks of while leaving the body at the end, to that alone one attains, O Arjuna, having ever been in the contemplation thereof. Commentary The thought that occupies the mind while dying, is that which determines the state attained after death. The final thought arises only with reference to objects [and experiences] that were previously the most frequently contemplated upon during one’s life.