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TEXT 6 yam yam vapi smaran bhavam
SYNONYMS  yam yam--whatever;
va--either; api--also; smaran--remembering; bhavam--nature;
tyajati--give up; ante--at the end; kalevaram--this
body; tam tam--similar; eva--certainly; eti--gets;
kaunteya--O son of Kunti; sada--always; tat--that;
bhava--state of being; bhavitah--remembering.
TRANSLATION Whatever
state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will
attain without fail.
PURPORT The process
of changing one's nature at the critical moment of death is here explained.
How can one die in the proper state of mind? Maharaja Bharata thought of
a deer at the time of death and so was transferred to that form of life.
However, as a deer, Maharaja Bharata could remember his past activities.
Of course the cumulative effect of the thoughts and actions of one's life
influences one's thoughts at the moment of death; therefore the actions
of this life determine one's future state of being. If one is transcendentally
absorbed in Krsna's service, then his next body will be transcendental
(spiritual), not physical. Therefore the chanting of Hare Krsna is the
best process for successfully changing one's state of being to transcendental
life.
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