Gist: Thinking of God alone at the time of death one attains Him, therefore think of God at all times and perfrom your duty, with mind and reason surrendered to Him. First method is through the practice of meditation on the Supreme One, holding the life breath in the space between the eyebrows and thinking of nothing else.
Attainment of the God at time of Death
Question: How are you to be attained at the time of death by those who have controlled their mind?
God: He who departs from the body, thinking of Me alone at the time of death, attains My being, there is no doubt about it - this is my ordinance. (Gita 8:1-5)
Question: What becomes of those who don't think of You?
God: Oh Arjuna, thinking of whatever being one leaves this body at the time of death, that alone he attains, being absorbed in the thought thereof. (Gita 8:6)
Question: What is it that I should do at the time of death to think of You?
God: You should think of Me at all times and perfrom your duty, with mind and reason surrendered to Me. (Gita 8:7)
Question: What will be the result of doing that?
God: You will surely attain Me. (Gita 8:7)
Question: What is Your Form by thinking which a self-controlled man attains You?
God: There are three forms - one with attributes and formless, second attributeless and formless and third endowed with attributes and form. Now I tell you the first form by meditating on which a man attains Me. (Gita 8:7)
Oh Arjuna, he who with his mind established in Yoga in the form of practice of meditation, thinking of nothing else, is constantly engaged in contemplation of the Supreme Divine Purusa (God) attains Him. (Gita 8:7)
Question: What is the form of the Supreme Divine One?
God: He is Omniscient, Ancient One, Ruler of All, Subtler than the Subtle, the Sustainer of all, possessing a form beyond comprehension, shining like the Sun and beyond the darkness of ignorance. He who meditates on this Supreme One at the time of death, by Yogic power firmly holding the life breath in the space between the eyebrows with a steady mind, full of devotion, reaches verily that Supreme Divine One. (Gita 8:9-10).
From "Gita Madhurya" in English. And Gita Madhurya In Hindi - page 78 by Swami Ramsukhdasji
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