Word meanings
- sa-adhibhūta
- governing principle of the field of matter
- adhidaivam
- governing principle of the celestial gods
- mām
- me
- sa-adhiyajñam
- governing principle of the Lord all sacrificial performances
- ca
- and
- ye
- who
- viduḥ
- know
- prayāṇa
- of death
- kāle
- at the time
- api
- even
- ca
- and
- mām
- me
- te
- they
- viduḥ
- know
- yukta-cetasaḥ
- in full consciousness of me
Translations
Those who know Me with the Adhibhuta (pertaining to the elements), Adhidaiva (pertaining to the gods), and the Adhiyajna (pertaining to the sacrifice) know Me even at the time of death, remaining steadfast in mind.
Those who see Me in the life of the world, in the universal sacrifice, and as pure Divinity, keeping their minds steady, they live in Me even in the hour of death's approach.
Those who know me as existing in both the physical and divine planes, and also in the context of the sacrifice, they with concentrated minds know me even at the time of death.
जो मनुष्य अधिभूत, अधिदैव और अधियज्ञके सहित मुझे जानते हैं, वे युक्तचेता मनुष्य अन्तकालमें भी मुझे ही जानते हैं अर्थात् प्राप्त होते हैं।Commentary
They who are steadfast in mind, who have taken refuge in Me, who know Me as the knowledge of elements in the physical plane, as the knowledge of the gods in the celestial or mental plane, as the knowledge of the sacrifice in the realm of sacrifice, are not affected by death. They do not lose their memory. They continue to keep up the consciousness of Me even at the time of their departure from this world. Those who worship Me along with these three know Me even at the time of death.
(Cf.VIII.25)(This chapter is known by the names Vijnana Yoga and Jnana Yoga also.)Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the Science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the seventh discourse entitled The Yoga of Wisdom and Realisation. ,