Synonyms
anta-kāle — at the end of life; ca — also; mām — Me; eva — certainly; smaran — remembering; muktvā — quitting; kalevaram — the body; yaḥ — he who; prayāti — goes; saḥ — he; mat-bhāvam — My nature; yāti — attains; na — not; asti — there is; atra — here; saṁśayaḥ — doubt.

Translation
And whoever, at the time of death, quits his body remembering Me alone, he attains My nature; of this there is no doubt.

Synonyms
yam yam — whatever; vā api — or; smaran — remembering; bhāvam — nature; tyajati — quits; ante — at the end; kalevaram — the body; tam tam — similar; eva — certainly; eti — gets; kaunteya — O son of Kuntī; sadā — always; tat — that; bhāva — state of being; bhāvitaḥ — being absorbed.

Translation
Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail.

Synonyms
kavim — the one who knows everything; purāṇam — the oldest; anuśāsitāram — the controller; aṇoḥ — than the atom; aṇīyāṁsam — smaller; anusmaret — constantly remembers; yaḥ — one who; sarvasya — of everything; dhātāram — the maintainer; acintya — inconceivable; rūpam — form; āditya-varṇam — luminous like the sun; tamasaḥ — to darkness; parastāt — transcendental.

Translation
One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who knows everything, as He who is the oldest, as the controller, as the smallest, as the maintainer of everything, as inconceivable, as luminous like the sun, and as transcendental to material nature.

Synonyms
mām—unto Me; upetya—achieving; punaḥ—again; janma—birth; duḥkha-ālayam—place of miseries; aśāśvatam—temporary; na—never; āpnuvanti—attain; mahātmānaḥ—the great souls; saṁsiddhim—perfection; paramām—ultimate; gatāḥ—achieved.

Translation
After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogīs in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.

Synonyms
ābrahma—up to the Brahmaloka planet; bhuvanāt—from the planetary systems; lokāḥ—planets; punaḥ—again; āvartinaḥ—returning; arjuna—O Arjuna; mām—unto Me; upetya—arriving; tu—but; kaunteya—O son of Kuntī; punaḥ janma—rebirth; na—never; vidyate—takes to.

Translation
From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kuntī, never takes birth again.

Synonyms
anta-kāle — at the end of life; ca — also; mām — Me; eva — certainly; smaran — remembering; muktvā — quitting; kalevaram — the body; yaḥ — he who; prayāti — goes; saḥ — he; mat-bhāvam — My nature; yāti — attains; na — not; asti — there is; atra — here; saṁśayaḥ — doubt.

Translation
And whoever, at the time of death, quits his body remembering Me alone, he attains My nature; of this there is no doubt.

Synonyms
anta-kāle — at the end of life; ca — also; mām — Me; eva — certainly; smaran — remembering; muktvā — quitting; kalevaram — the body; yaḥ — he who; prayāti — goes; saḥ — he; mat-bhāvam — My nature; yāti — attains; na — not; asti — there is; atra — here; saṁśayaḥ — doubt.

Translation
And whoever, at the time of death, quits his body remembering Me alone, he attains My nature; of this there is no doubt.

Synonyms
anta-kāle — at the end of life; ca — also; mām — Me; eva — certainly; smaran — remembering; muktvā — quitting; kalevaram — the body; yaḥ — he who; prayāti — goes; saḥ — he; mat-bhāvam — My nature; yāti — attains; na — not; asti — there is; atra — here; saṁśayaḥ — doubt.

Translation
And whoever, at the time of death, quits his body remembering Me alone, he attains My nature; of this there is no doubt.