BG 8.2
How are we here in this body, and who is it? How do those of steadfast mind know you at their time of death?
प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः
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adhiyajñaḥ — the Lord all sacrificial performances
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kathaṁ — how
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ko — who
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’tra — here
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dehe — in body
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’smin — this
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madhusūdana — Krishna
Refers to Krishna by his mythological achievement as "killer of the demon named Madhu" -
prayāṇa-kāle — at the time of death
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prayāṇa
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kāle
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cha — and
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kathaṁ — how
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jñeyo — to be known
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’si — are you
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नियतात्मभि
niyatātmabhiḥ — by the self-controlled
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niyatā — restrained, temperate, steadfast, attentive, steady
नियत
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Arjuna said: What is Brahman? What is the Lord of the Self (Adhyatma)? What is the principle of karma? What exists in the material plane, and what exists in the divine one? How are we here in this body, and who is it? How do those of steadfast mind know you at their time of death?
Similar verses
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Just as the soul travels in one body from childhood and youth into old age, it passes into a new body after one's death - the wise have no delusions about this.
- Verse 2.13
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At the time of death, anyone who thinks of me alone will relinquish their body and attain my divine nature. Of this, there is no doubt.
- Verse 8.5
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Whatever the mind is intent upon at the time of death, that is where it will go.
- Verse 8.6
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One who knows the soul to be indestructible and eternal - how does such a person cause anyone to be killed, and who do they kill?
- Verse 2.21
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One who dies with a steady mind, filled with devotion, with their entire vital energy concentrated between the eyebrows, attains divine consciousness.
- Verse 8.10