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Bhagavad Gita 8.5

Chapter 8 · Edwin Arnold’s Song Celestial (cited by classical reference)

“And, at the hour of death, / He that hath meditated Me alone, / In putting off his flesh, comes forth to Me, / Enters into My Being--doubt thou not!”

Bhagavad Gita 8.5 · Arnold

Translation: Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial; or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ (1885), public domain, via Project Gutenberg (ebook 2388). Arnold’s Song Celestial is continuous English verse in 18 chapters, without numbered slokas; each passage is an exact excerpt, located by content and cited by the classical chapter.verse reference it renders. The key passages 2.20, 4.7-8, 9.26 and 18.66 were validated against the source before publishing. Poetic line breaks are shown with a slash.

Christian comparison

How this connects to Jesus

Whoever remembers the Divine alone at the hour of death, the Gita teaches, comes forth to him and enters his being. The Gospel too speaks of a soul carried home at death by trusting God, as Jesus told the dying man beside him: today you will be with me in paradise (Luke 23:43). Compare the mindful death of the Gita with the promise Jesus makes to those who simply turn to him.

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