Shloka 5
विभूति-योगः (Vibhūti-yoga) — Exemplary Manifestations as a Contemplative Index
अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन् मुक्त्वा कलेवरम् | यः प्रयाति स मद्धाव॑ याति नास्त्यत्र संशय:,जो पुरुष अन्तकालमें भी मुझको ही स्मरण करता हुआ शरीरको त्यागकर जाता है, वह मेरे साक्षात् स्वरूपको प्राप्त होता है*--इसमें कुछ भी संशय नहीं है?
antakāle ca mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram | yaḥ prayāti sa madbhāvaṁ yāti nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ ||
Whoever, at the final moment, remembers Me alone and then relinquishes the body—such a person departs to attain My own state of being; of this there is no doubt. Ethically, the verse frames life’s end as a culmination of one’s cultivated inner orientation: sustained devotion and disciplined remembrance mature into a decisive final recollection that directs the soul’s course.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The decisive spiritual principle is that the mind’s final, concentrated remembrance—when fixed exclusively on the Lord—carries the departing person to the Lord’s own state (madbhāva). The verse emphasizes certainty (no saṁśaya) and implies that such end-time remembrance is the fruit of sustained practice throughout life.
In the Bhagavad Gītā discourse within Bhīṣma Parva, Kṛṣṇa instructs Arjuna on the path of yoga and devotion. Here he explains the consequence of dying while remembering the Lord: the person who leaves the body with that focused recollection attains the Lord’s state, reinforcing the practical importance of cultivating remembrance amid life’s duties.