त्यजन्कलेवरं योगी मुच्यते कामकर्मभिः ॥२३॥
bhaktyÄveÅ›ya mano yasmin
vÄcÄ yan-nÄma kÄ«rtayan
tyajan kalevaraṠyogī
mucyate kÄma-karmabhiḥ
The devotee whose mind is absorbed in Kṛṣṇa, whose voice chants his name, becomes freed from all karmas on giving up the material body. May that Kṛṣṇa, lord of lords, with glowing lotus face, red eyes and pleasing smile, with four arms, the object of my meditation, remain before me while I drink his beauty and praise him, before giving up this body.
May he remain here (pratiksatam) until I, after some time, after drinking the sweetness of his beauty with my eyes, after I praise him and reveal what is in my mind, give up my body. May he with four arms, who should at all times be the object of my meditation, since he is my object of worship, with his pleasing form and smile, remain directly in front of my eyes at the time of my passing from the body.
Bhisma addressed him as a form with four arms because that was the form of Krsna mentioned in the mantra he used during meditation.
