This is a very Bitter Truth:: Anybody once born has to die one day and has to take birth once again .None can escape this repeated cycle of birth and death.
Lord Sri Krishna says
" jathasyahi dhruvo mruthyuhu dhruvam Janma mruthasyacha."
In 26th sloka of Sankhya yoga-2nd chapter.
This process of changing body like changing the worn-out dress is an inevitable law of nature.
But changing the nature of mind is in our hands.
When?one leaves the body,and how ?and where ?know one knows .
But,when a Jeevi(praNi) leaves the body,he carries with him, his mind and Karmaphalam(the accumulated result of actions).This we all know.
Mind carries the thoughts, character ,and knowledge of a person with it.
So,with whichever thought the Jeevi leaves the body, the same thought ,it Persues
in its next birth.Whether negative or positive, the same last thought will be persued
in the next life.Jeevi(praNi ) craves to fulfill it's unfulfilled desire of the previous birth .This is a very big sacred secret.
Henceforth,one should always entertain Good Thoughts( Sadbhava) through out his/her life time.Why?
Reason is, no one knows when one dies. Time of departure is a big mystery.
Respecting this sacred secret of Bhagavt gita,our. Indian penal code asks the last wish of even a criminal before being hanged .Not only this ,our Indian Penal Law , honours Gita by asking the accused
To take an oath,saying that he will speak only truth,by keeping his hand on Gita.
Death bed wish is taken very seriously in our Indian society.
This sacred secret is very beautifully explained to Arjuna by Lord Sri Krishna in only two slokas.
Yam yam vapi smaraNa bhavan thyajathyanthEthu kalEbaram
Tham thamEvythi kownthEyaa! SadA thath BhAva bhAvithaha.
Yasmathu sarvEshu kaaleshu maamanusmara yuddhacha
Mayyarpitha Mano BuddhirmamEvishyasya na samsayaha.
Meaning of slokas goes like this..........
Arjuna! Thinking of whatever entity one leaves the body at the time of death, that and that alone one attains, being ever absorbed in that thought.
Therefore, Arjuna! Think of me alone at all times and fight with mind and intellect thus set on Me,
You will definitely come to me only,no doubt in it.
In second sloka, Lord hints us the simplest method practicing which, one can come out of this tiring
Cycle of birth and death.
Here is an interesting story of one Ajamila,from Sri mad bhagavatham to illustrate the importance of a last wish.
Once upon a time,long long back,there used to live a person named Ajamila.He was an epitome of all
Sins and unrighteousness in this world.When his time of departure approached ,the attendants of Lord Yama(lord of death) appeared to him .Frightened by seeing those fierce full ,scary Yama's attendants ,Ajamila screamed,calling his most favourite last son whose name was Narayana.
Without his knowledge Ajamila shouted the name ofLord Vishnu, left the body.
immediately ,Lord Vishnu's attendants came down,argued extensively with Yama's attendants
And took Ajamila to Vikuntam.
By sheer uttering the name of Lord Vishnu unintentionally at death time,Ajamila's
entire unrighteousness is totally washed off and he got entry into Vishnu Loka.
This story explains emphatically ,how powerful is our last thought of life,,How it works out to decide the next life?
In the recent past we all know,Mahatma Gandhiji also spelled 'HE Ram,HE Ram' even when he was shot. Had there been someone else than Gandhi, he/she could have shouted something else
but not Lord's name.Because Mahathma Gandhi used to read Bhagavath Gita very regularly,,
he knew what to do at the time of death,He knew the sacred secret ,remembered every second of his life. that's why he could implement the secret at exact time needed.
Great souls always act great,even at the time of leaving the body!!
Mahathma Gandhi very we'll knew that by calling Sri Rama ,no doubtedly he could reach Sri Rama..
He got liberation!....janmarahithyam. No doubt in it. This sacred secret about last wish works as sukshmam lo moksham. Is'nt it a wonderful,simple formula for liberation?
Sukshmam lo moksham;;;;means...Liberation,using simplest technique.
Gitauvacha
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