Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 8, Verse 6

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

yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaranbhāvaṃ tyajatyante kalevaram | taṃ tamevaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ

Translation

Of whatever Being thinking at the end a man leaves the body, Him alone, O son of Kuntī, reaches he by whom the thought of that Being has been constantly dwelt upon.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

yam

which

yam

which

vā

or

api

also

smaran

remembering

bhāvam

nature

tyajati

abandons

ante

in the end

kalevaram

the body

tam

to that

tam

to that

eva

only

eti

goes

kaunteya

O Kaunteya

sadā

always

tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ

(by) that, (by) nature, natured (inspired)

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

"Being": a particular Devatā or Deity. "At the end": at the time of life's departure. "Him alone": only the Being thought of, and no other. "Dwelt upon": constantly meditated.