यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् | तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः ||८-६||
yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaranbhāvaṃ tyajatyante kalevaram . taṃ tamevaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ ||8-6||
- yam yam
- whatever
- vā api
- at all
- smaran
- remembering
- bhāvam
- nature
- tyajati
- gives up
- ante
- at the end
- kalevaram
- this body
- tam tam
- similar
- eva
- certainly
- eti
- gets
- kaunteya
- O son of Kuntī
- sadā
- always
- tat
- that
- bhāva
- state of being
- bhāvitaḥ
- remembering
Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O son of Kuntī, that state he will attain without fail.