yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaran bhāvaṃ tyajaty ante kalevaram
taṃ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ
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he kaunteya (O son of Kuntī!),
ante (at the end) yam yam api vā (on the other side whichever) bhāvam (state) smaran (remembering) kalevaram (body) tyajati (he abandons),
sadā (always) tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ (created by that state) tam tam [
bhāvam]
eva (just that [state]) eti (he attains).
yam yam |
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yat sn. 2n.1 m. – which; whichever (distributive use); |
vā |
– |
av. – or, and, on the other side, but even if, however; |
api |
– |
av. – although, moreover, besides, even; |
smaran |
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smarant (√smṛ – to think, to remember) PPr 1n.1 m. – [while] remembering; |
bhāvam |
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bhāva 2n.1 m. – state, existence, nature (from: √bhū – to be); |
tyajati |
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√tyaj (to abandon, to give up) Praes. P 1v.1 – he abandons; |
ante |
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anta 7n.1 m. – at last, at the end, in time of death; |
kalevaram |
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kalevara 2n.1 m. – body; |
tam tam |
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tat sn. 2n.1 m. – that; each and every (distributive use); |
eva |
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av. – certainly, just, merely; |
eti |
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√i (to go) Praes. P 1v.1 – he goes; |
kaunteya |
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kaunteya 8n.1 m. – O son of Kuntī (from: kunti – the people of Kunti, kuntī – Kuntī, mother of the sons of Pāṇḍu); |
sadā |
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av. – always; |
tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ |
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tad-bhāva-bhāvita 1n.1 m.; TP: tena bhāvena bhāvita iti – created by that state (from: tat – that; √bhū – to be, bhāva – state, existence, nature, emotions; caus. PP bhāvita – created, maintained); |
vāpi → cāpi / cāṁte (and even / and at the end);
ante → etat (that);
tam evaiti → tam eveti (just this);
tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ → mad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ / sad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ (created by my state / created by real state);
na mad-viṣaya evāyaṃ niyamaḥ | kiṃ tarhi ?—
yaṃ yaṃ vāpi yaṃ yaṃ bhāvaṃ devatā-viśeṣaṃ smaran cintayan tyajati parityajaty ante’nta-kāle prāṇa-viyoga-kāle kalevaraṃ śarīraṃ taṃ tam eva smṛtaṃ bhāvam eva eti nānyaṃ kaunteya, sadā sarvadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitas tasmin bhāvas tad-bhāvaḥ sa bhāvitaḥ smaryamāṇatayābhyasto yena sa tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ san
smartus svaviṣayasajātīyākāratāpādanam antyapratyayasya svabhāva iti suspaṣṭam āha
ante antakāle yaṃ yaṃ vāpi bhāvaṃ smaran kalebaraṃ tyajati, taṃ taṃ bhāvam eva maraṇānantaram eti / antimapratyayaś ca pūrvabhāvitaviṣaya eva jāyate
na kevalaṃ māṃ smaran mad-bhāvaṃ prāpnotīti niyamaḥ | kiṃ tarhi? yaṃ yam iti | yaṃ yaṃ bhāvaṃ devatāntaraṃ vānyam api vānta-kāle smaran dehaṃ tyajati taṃ tam eva smaryamāṇaṃ bhāvaṃ prāpnoti | anta-kāle bhāva-viśeṣa-smaraṇe hetuḥ | sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvita iti sarvadā tasya bhāvo bhāvanā anucintanam | tena bhāvito vāsita-cittaḥ
anta-kāle bhagavantam anudhyāyato bhagavat-prāptir niyateti vaditum anyad api yatkiṃcid api yat kiṃcit tat-kāle dhyāyato dehaṃ tyajatas tat-prāptir avaśyambhāvinīti darśayati yaṃ yam iti | na kevalaṃ māṃ smaran mad-bhāvaṃ yātīti niyamaḥ kiṃ tarhi yaṃ yaṃ cāpi bhāvaṃ devatā-viśeṣaṃ ca-kārād anyad api yat kiṃcid vā smaraṃś cintayann ante prāṇa-viyoga-kāle kalevaraṃ tyajati sa taṃ tam eva smaryamāṇaṃ bhāvam eva nānyam eti prāpnoti | he kaunteyeti pitṛ-ṣvasṛ-putratvena snehātiśayaṃ sūcayati | tena cāvaśyānugrāhyatvaṃ tena ca pratāraṇāśaṅkā-śūnyatvam iti |
anta-kāle smaraṇodyamāsambhave ‚pi pūrvābhyāsa-janitā vāsanaiva smṛti-hetur ity āha – sadā sarvadā tasmin devatā-viśeṣādau bhāvo bhāvanā vāsanā tad-bhāvaḥ sa bhāvitaḥ sampādito yena sa tathā bhāvita-tad-bhāva ity arthaḥ | ādhitāgny-āder ākṛti-gaṇatvād bhāvita-padasya para-nipātaḥ | tad-bhāvena tac-cintanena bhāvito vāsita-citta iti vā
mām eva smaran māṃ prāpnotītivan mad-anyam api smaran mad-anyam eva prāpnotīty āha yaṃ yam iti | tasya bhāvena bhāvanenānucintanena bhāvito vāsitas tan-mayī-bhūtaḥ
na ca mat-smarteiva mad-bhāvaṃ yātīti niyamaḥ | kintv anya-smartāpy anya-bhāvaṃ yātīty āha yaṃ yam iti | bhāvaṃ padārtham | taṃ tam eva bhāva-deha-tyāgottaram evaiti | yathā bharato dehānte mṛgaṃ cintayan mṛgo ‚bhūt | antima-smṛtiś ca pūrva-smṛti-viṣayaiva bhavatīty āha sadeti | tad-bhāva-bhāvitas tat-smṛti-vāsita-cittaḥ