Transliteration
antakāle ca mām-eva smaran-muktvā kalevaram |
yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṃ yāti nāsty-atra saṃśayaḥ || 5 ||
Translation
And he, who at the time of death, meditating on Me alone, goes forth, leaving the body, attains My Being: there is no doubt of this.
Purport
While asking 7 questions, Arjuna in last also requested Bhagvan Shri Krishna to explain, how a person can know Shri Krishna in the last moment of life? Bhagvan Shri Krishna given an answer to that question in Shloka# 7 of this chapter, but before he says, that human is given last chance to achieve Moksha. A human is able to contemplate (meditate) upon Bhagavan Shri Krishna even in his last moment of life, he is able to achieve the supreme state of Moksha. Though this is another matter, that a human who is not devoted to Shri Krishna during his life finds it very difficult to have true devotion at the end, which is what described in Sh#7, but a human has one last opportunity even in last moment. This is the solemn promise of Shri Krishna, supreme.
