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BG 8.9-10

कविं पुराणमनुशासितार
मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः
सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप
मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्
प्रयाणकाले मनसाचलेन
भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव
भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक्
स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम्

kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāra
maṇoraṇīyāṃsamanusmaredyaḥ
sarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpa
mādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt
prayāṇakāle manasācalena
bhaktyā yukto yogabalena caiva
bhruvormadhye prāṇamāveśya samyak
sa taṃ paraṃ puruṣamupaiti divyam

TRANSLATION

He who, at the time of death, remembers with devotion—with a mind unwavering by the power of Yoga and with the Prana fixed between the eyebrows—, the Omniscient, the Primeval, the Ruler, one subtler than the subtle, the creator of all, whose nature is inconceivable, who is sun-coloured, and who is beyond darkness, reaches that same Divine Supreme Person.

PURPORT

He who focusses his life-breath between the eyebrows at the time of death with a mind rendered unswerving through its purification achieved by the strength of Yoga conjoined with Bhakti practised day after day; and he who contemplates on the ‘Kavi’ i.e., the Omniscient, the ‘Primeval’, i.e., who existed always, ‘the Ruler,’ i.e., who governs the universe, ‘who is subtler than the subtle,’ i.e., who is subtler than the individual self, ‘who is the Dhata’ of all, i.e., the creator of all, ‘whose nature is inconceivable,’ i.e., whose nature is other than everything else, ‘who is sun-coloured and beyond darkness,’ i.e., who possesses a divine form peculiar to Himself—he who concentrates on Him, the Divine Person described above, between the eyebrows, attains Him alone. He attains His state and comes to have power and glory similar to His. Such is the meaning.

Then He describes the mode of meditation to be adopted by the seeker of Kaivalya or the Jijñasu (i.e., of one who seeks to know his own self or Atman in contrast to one whose object is God-realisation).