For Eternal Beginners
यम् यम् वाऽपि स्मरन् भावम् त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् ।
तम् तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भाव भावितः ॥ ६ ॥
yam yam vA'pi smaran bhAvam tyajatyante kalevaram |
tam tamevaiti kaunteya sadA tadbhAva bhAvitaH || 6 ||
कौन्तेय [kaunteya] Arjuna, यम् यम् [yam yam] whatever स्मरन् [smaran] a person thinks about कलेवरम् त्यजति [kalevaram tyajati] when he leaves his body अन्ते [ante] at the end of life, तम् तम् एव एति [tam tam eva eti] he obtains that very तद्भाव भावितः [tadbhAva bhAvitaH] same state of existence that he thought of सदा [sadA] always.
Whatever a person thinks at the end while leaving his body - he gets that very state of existence after dying. The source of this ‘final thought’ comes from the subjects frequently thought about during this life-time.