Elevation at Death 21

prayana-kale manasa ’calena
bhaktya yukto yoga-balena caiva
bhruvor madhye pranam avesya samyak
Sa tam param purusam upaiti divyam

“One who, at the time of death, fixes his life air
between the eyebrows and in full devotion engages
himself in remembering the Supreme Lord, will cer-
tainly attain to the Supreme Personality of God-
head.” (Bg. 8.10)

Just as a student studies a subject for four or
five years and then takes his examination and receives
a degree, similarly, with the subject of life, if we
practice during our lives for the examination at the
time of death, and if we pass the examination, we
are transferred to the spiritual world. Our whole life
is examined at the time of death.

yam yam vapi smaran bhavam
tyajaty ante kalevaram

tam tam evaiti kaunteya
sada tad-bhava-bhavitah

“Whatever state of being one remembers when he
quits his body, that state he will attain without
fail.” (Bg. 8.6)

There is a Bengali proverb that says that whatever
one does for perfection will be tested at the time of
his death. In Bhagavad-gita, Krsna describes what
one should do when giving up the body. For the
dhyana-yogi (meditator) Sti Krsna speaks the follow-
ing verses:
