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Tada upasamhritya girah sahasrani
Vimuktasangam mana adipuruse
Krishne lasatpitapate chaturbhuje
Purahsthite amilita drig byadharayat.
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Tada—at that time, Upasritya—withdrawing, Girah—speeches, Sahasrani—Bhismadeva, (expert by thousands of science and art) Vimuktasamgam—completely freed from everything else, Mana—mind, Adipuruse—unto the Original Personality of Godhead, Krishne—unto Krishna, Lasatpitapate—decorated with yellow garments, Chaturbhnje—unto the Original Narayan with four hands, Purah—just before, sthite—standing by, Amilita—widespread, Drig—vision, Byadharayat—fixed up.
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Thereupon the man who was speaking on different subjects with thousands of meaning or the man who fought in thousands of battlefields protecting thousands of men, stopped speaking and being completely free from all bondage withdrew his mind from everything else and fixed up his wide open eyes on the Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna Who is fourhanded also now standing before him decorated with yellow dress with glittering shine.
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In the momentous hour of leaving this material body the glorious example set by Bhismadeva is the important function of the human form of life. #b#The subject matter which attracts the dying man becomes the beginning of his next life.#/b# If, therefore, one is absorbed in the thoughts of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna, he is sure to go back to Godhead without any doubt. This is confirmed in the Bhagwat Geeta ((B.G. 8/5-15) it is said there as follows:-
#$p#"One who quits his material body by remembering Me, he attains transcendental nature after his death. In other words such good soul becomes as much liberated as the Lord is freed from all material conditions."
#$p#"Because anyone who may quit his material body thinking of something subjective at the time of death, attains to such stage of life after death."
#$p#"It was therefore, instructed to Arjuna that he should go on with the business of fighting which is his occupational duty but at the same time may remember the personality of Godhead Sri Krishna."
#$p#"By such constant remembrance by the devotee, he attains perfect devotional stage for controlling the mind not being engaged in any other subjective occupation besides the thoughts of the Lord."
#$p#"By such practice only the mind becomes trained up in the matter of being fixed up at the lotus feet of the Lord and he attains to the transcendental stage of not being attracted any more by the temporary material attraction."
#$p#"Subject matter of meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead is that He is sentient, eternal, controller, finer than the finest, master of all living beings, beyond the conception of material sense perception. The Supreme Being, enjoyer in medium size, and yet because He is self-effulgent, He is transcendental to everything materially conceived."
#$p#"At the time of death, one can fix up his attention between the eye brows by dint of previous practice of yoga (Bhakti yoga) and thus attain the highest perfection of life by going back to Godhead the Supreme Personality."
#$p#Shri Bhismadeva attained the perfection of quitting his body at his will and was fortunate enough to have Lord Krishna the object of His attention personally present at the time of death. He, therefore, fixed up his wide open eyes upon Him. He wanted to see Sri Krishna for a long time out of his spontaneous love for Him. Because he was a pure devotee he had very little to do with the detailed performance of Yogic principles. Because simple Bhaktiyoga is enough to bring about perfection. Therefore, the ardent desire of Bhishma deva was to see over the Person of Lord Krishna the most lovable object and by the Grace of the Lord Sri Bhismadeva had the full opportunity at the last stage of his breathing.
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#dd#vimukta-saṅgaṁ mana ādi-pūruṣe#/dd#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tadā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tadā#/i# — at that time; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=upasaṁhṛtya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#upasaṁhṛtya#/i# — withdrawing; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=giraḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#giraḥ#/i# — speech; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sahasraṇīḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sahasraṇīḥ#/i# — Bhīṣmadeva (who was expert in thousands of sciences and arts); #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vimukta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vimukta-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saṅgam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#saṅgam#/i# — completely freed from everything else; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=manaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#manaḥ#/i# — mind; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ādi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ādi-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pūruṣe&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pūruṣe#/i# — unto the original Personality of Godhead; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛṣṇe&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛṣṇe#/i# — unto Kṛṣṇa; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=lasat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#lasat-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pīta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pīta-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=paṭe&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#paṭe#/i# — decorated with yellow garments; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=catur&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#catur-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhuje&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhuje#/i# — unto the four-handed original Nārāyaṇa; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=puraḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#puraḥ#/i# — just before; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sthite&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sthite#/i# — standing; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=amīlita&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#amīlita#/i# — widespread; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dṛk&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dṛk#/i# — vision; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vyadhārayat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vyadhārayat#/i# — fixed.
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Thereupon that man who spoke on different subjects with thousands of meanings and who fought on thousands of battlefields and protected thousands of men, stopped speaking and, being completely freed from all bondage, withdrew his mind from everything else and fixed his wide-open eyes upon the original Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who stood before him, four-handed, dressed in yellow garments that glittered and shined.
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In the momentous hour of leaving his material body, Bhīṣmadeva set the glorious example concerning the important function of the human form of life. #i#The subject matter which attracts the dying man becomes the beginning of his next life.#/i# Therefore, if one is absorbed in thoughts of the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, he is sure to go back to Godhead without any doubt. This is confirmed in the #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# (BG 8.5-15):
#$p#5: And whoever, at the time of death, quits his body remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.
#$p#6: Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail.
#$p#7: Therefore, Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of Kṛṣṇa and at the same time carry out your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt.
#$p#8: He who meditates on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his mind constantly engaged in remembering Me, undeviated from the path, he, O Pārtha [Arjuna], is sure to reach Me.
#$p#9: One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who knows everything, as He who is the oldest, who is the controller, who is smaller than the smallest, who is the maintainer of everything, who is beyond all material conception, who is inconceivable, and who is always a person. He is luminous like the sun and, being transcendental, is beyond this material nature.
#$p#10: 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 certainly attain to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
#$p#11: Persons learned in the #i#Vedas#/i#, who utter #i#oṁkāra#/i# and who are great sages in the renounced order, enter into Brahman. Desiring such perfection, one practices celibacy. I shall now explain to you this process by which one may attain salvation.
#$p#12: The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements. Closing all the doors of the senses and fixing the mind on the heart and the life air at the top of the head, one establishes himself in #i#yoga#/i#.
#$p#13: After being situated in this #i#yoga#/i# practice and vibrating the sacred syllable #i#oṁ#/i#, the supreme combination of letters, if one thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and quits his body, he will certainly reach the spiritual planets.
#$p#14: For one who remembers Me without deviation, I am easy to obtain, O son of Pṛthā, because of his constant engagement in devotional service.
#$p#15: After attaining Me, the great souls, who are #i#yogīs#/i# in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.
#$p#Śrī Bhīṣmadeva attained the perfection of quitting his body at will and was fortunate enough to have Lord Kṛṣṇa, the object of his attention, personally present at the time of death. He therefore fixed his open eyes upon Him. He wanted to see Śrī Kṛṣṇa for a long time out of his spontaneous love for Him. Because he was a pure devotee, he had very little to do with the detailed performance of yogic principles. Simple #i#bhakti-yoga#/i# is enough to bring about perfection. Therefore, the ardent desire of Bhīṣmadeva was to see the #i#person#/i# of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the most lovable object, and by the grace of the Lord, Śrī Bhīṣmadeva had this opportunity at the last stage of his breathing.
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