इष्ट्वा मां यज्ञहृदयं यज्ञैः पुष्कलदक्षिणैः ।
भुक्त्वा चेहाशिषः सत्या अन्ते मां संस्मरिष्यसि ॥२४॥

iṣṭvÄ mÄá¹ yajña-há¹›dayaá¹
yajñaiḥ puṣkala-dakṣiṇaiḥ
bhuktvÄ cehÄÅ›iá¹£aḥ satyÄ
ante mÄá¹ saá¹smariá¹£yasi

 iṣṭvÄ - after worshiping; mÄm - Me; yajña-há¹›dayam - the heart of all sacrifices; yajñaiḥ - by great sacrifices; puá¹£kala-daká¹£iṇaiḥ - comprehending distribution of great charities; bhuktvÄ - after enjoying; ca - also; iha - within this world; ÄÅ›iá¹£aḥ - blessings; satyÄḥ - true; ante - at the end; mÄm - Me; saá¹smariá¹£yasi - you will be able to remember.


Text

The Lord continued: I am the heart of all sacrifices. You will be able to perform many great sacrifices and also give great charities. In this way you will be able to enjoy the blessings of material happiness in this life, and at the time of your death you will be able to remember Me.

Purport

The most important factor in this verse is the Lord’s instructions regarding how to remember the Supreme Personality of Godhead at the end of life. Ante nÄrÄyaṇa-smá¹›tiḥ: the result of whatever we do in executing spiritual activities is successful if we can remember NÄrÄyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This program of constant remembrance can be disturbed by many things, but Dhruva MahÄrÄja’s life would be so pure, as assured by the Lord Himself, that Dhruva would never forget Him. Thus at the time of his death he would remember the Supreme Lord, and before his death he would enjoy this material world, not by sense gratification, but by performing great sacrifices. As stated in the Vedas, when one performs great sacrifices he must give charity, not only to the brÄhmaṇas, but also to the ká¹£atriyas, vaiÅ›yas and śūdras. It is assured here that Dhruva MahÄrÄja would be able to perform such activities. In this Age of Kali, however, the great sacrifice is the performance of saá¹…kÄ«rtana-yajña. Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is designed to teach people (and to learn ourselves) the exact instruction of the Personality of Godhead. In this way we shall continuously perform the saá¹…kÄ«rtana-yajña and continuously chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Then at the end of our lives we shall certainly be able to remember Kṛṣṇa, and our program of life will be successful. In this age, distribution of prasÄda has replaced distribution of money. No one has sufficient money to distribute, but if we distribute kṛṣṇa-prasÄda as far as possible, this is more valuable than the distribution of money.