tasmat sarveshu kaleshu mam anusmara yudhya ca। mayy arpita-mano-buddhir mam evaishyasy asamsayah॥ 8.7 ॥

Therefore, Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of Krishna and at the same time carry out your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt.

abhyasa-yoga-yuktena cetasa nanya-gamina। paramam purusham divyam yati parthanucintayan॥ 8.8 ॥

He who meditates on Me as the Lord of the universe, his mind constantly engaged in remembering Me, un-deviated from the path, he, O Arjuna, is sure to reach Me.

kavim puranam anusasitaram anor aniyamsam anusmared yah। sarvasya dhataram acintya-rupam aditya-varnam tamasah parastat॥ 8.9 ॥

One should meditate upon the Supreme human being as the one who knows everything, as He who is the oldest, who is the controller, who is smaller than the smallest, who is the maintainer of everything, who is beyond all material conception, who is inconceivable, and who is always a human being. He is luminous like the sun, and He is transcendental, beyond this material nature.

prayana-kale manasacalena bhaktya yukto yoga-balena caiva। bhruvor madhye pranam avesya samyak sa tam param purusham upaiti divyam॥ 8.10 ॥

One who, at the time of death, fixes his life air between the eyebrows and, by the strength of yoga, with an undeviating mind, engages himself in remembering the Supreme Lord in full devotion, will certainly attain to the God / Lord of the universe.

yad aksharam veda-vido vadanti vishanti yad yatayo vita-ragah। yad icchanto brahmacaryam caranti tat te padam sangrahena pravaksye॥ 8.11 ॥

human beings who are learned in the Vedas, who utter Omkara and who are great sages in the renounced order enter into Brahman. Desiring such perfection, one practices celibacy. I shall now briefly explain to you this process by which one may attain salvation.

sarva-dvarani samyamya mano hridi nirudhya ca। murdhny adhayatmanah pranam asthito yoga-dharanam॥ 8.12 ॥

The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements. Closing all the doors of the senses and fixing the mind on the heart and the life air at the top of the head, one establishes himself in yoga.

om ity ekaksharam brahma vyaharan mam anusmaran। yah prayati tyajan deham sa yati paramam gatim॥ 8.13 ॥

After being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the sacred syllable Om, the supreme combination of letters, if one thinks of the Lord of the universe and quits his body, he will certainly reach the spiritual planets.