CH 8, Verse 6

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Chapter 8

Verse 6

 

Yam yam v'aapi smaran bhaavam tyajatyante kalevaram /

tam tam ev'aiti Kaunteya sadaa tad-bhaava-bhaavitah //

 

Remembering whatever being one leaves the body at the

end, that very being one reaches, O son of Kunti

(Arjuna,) constantly imbued with the thought of that

being

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 78

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

 

Whatever he constantly thinks or meditates on, of that

thought he becomes possessed and that same he attains.

It is this very rule that is enunciated in the next

verse.

 

"Remembering whatever being one leaves the body at the

end, that very being one reaches, O son of Kunti

(Arjuna,) constantly imbued with the thought of that

being" (Chapter 8, Verse 6).

 

Whatever a man thinks deeply in his mind throughout

his life, that thought gets ingrained in his nature.

He cannot get rid of it at any cost. It becomes

inseparable from him even at the time of his death.

This final thought decides the character of the body

to attained by him in his next life. This is the basic

philosophy of rebirth or reincarnations.

 

Our destiny is not decided or governed by a

supernatural power. God is not responsible for the

happiness or misery that we experience in our life. If

we make God responsible for our misfortune, then we

make God arbitrary and cruel. An all-merciful God

cannot shower miseries on us. Our happiness and our

miseries are the results of our own thought and

actions. They are not forced upon us by God. If we

think good and do good, we get happiness. If we think

of wicked things and do wicked actions we get miseries

in return. This in short is the law of Karma.

Therefore, whatever we think throughout our life as

the dearest of our objective that we shall get and

that we shall experience. And if we entertain that

thought of God constantly throughout our life, then

certainly we will be able to think of Him at the time

of our death. That final thought of God will enable us

to contact Him and reach Him.

 

Therefore no one should think that he could live an

unholy life all through and achieve Godhood by

thinking of God at the last moment. It is quite

impossible to do so. One becomes what one thinks. This

is the law. We should always remember this inevitable

law because we are the makers of our own future. If a

man ever thinks of his wealth and relations he will

ever remain earthbound and suffer. If he forgets his

human side and thinks of the divinity dwelling in him,

he becomes divine and attains the Supreme Godhead.

Therefore one should always meditate on God, the

divine spirit within him, that is, his own Self. He

should practice it throughout his life so that the

thought of God remains uppermost in his mind at the

time of his death.

 

As such, the Lord says that remembering whatever

object a man leaves his body at the end, that alone is

reached by him because of his constant thought of that

object or being absorbed in the thought of that object

(sadaa tadbhaava bhaavitah.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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