smaran muktva kalevaram

yah prayati sa mad-bhavam

And whoever, at the time of death, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.

tyajaty ante kalevaram

tam tam evaiti kaunteya

sada tad-bhava-bhavitah

yam yam—whatever; vā—either; api—also; smaran—remembering; bhāvam—nature; tyajati—give up; ante—at the end; kalevaram—this body; tam tam—similar; eva—certainly; eti—gets; kaunteya—O son of Kuntī; sadā—always; tat—that; bhāva—state of being; bhāvitaḥ—remembering.

Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail.