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TEXT 10 prayana-kale manasacalena
SYNONYMS  prayana-kale--at
the time of death; manasa--by the mind; acalena--without
being deviated; bhaktya--in full devotion; yuktah--engaged;
yoga-balena--by the power of mystic yoga; ca--also;
eva--certainly; bhruvoh--between the two eyebrows; madhye--in;
pranam--the life air; avesya--establishing; samyak--completely;
sah--he; tam--that; param--transcendental; purusam--Personality
of Godhead; upaiti--achieves; divyam--in the spiritual kingdom.
TRANSLATION 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.
PURPORT In this verse
it is clearly stated that at the time of death the mind must be fixed in
devotion on the Supreme Godhead. For those practiced in yoga, it
is recommended that they raise the life force between the eyebrows, but
for a pure devotee who does not practice such yoga, the mind should
always be engaged in Krsna consciousness so that at death he can remember
the Supreme by His grace. This is explained in verse fourteen.
The particular
use of the word yoga-balena is significant in this verse because
without practice of yoga one cannot come to this transcendental
state of being at the time of death. One cannot suddenly remember the Supreme
Lord at death unless he is practiced in some yoga system, especially
the system of bhakti-yoga. Since one's mind at death is very disturbed,
one should practice transcendence through yoga during one's life.
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