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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.3.12

अथ कथञ्चित्स्खलनक्षुत्पतनजृम्भणदुरवस्थानादिषु विवशानां न: स्मरणाय ज्वरमरणदशायामपि सकलकश्मलनिरसनानि तव गुणकृतनामधेयानि वचनगोचराणि भवन्तु ॥ १२ ॥
atha kathañcit skhalana-kṣut-patana-jṛmbhaṇa-duravasthānādiṣu vivaśānāṁ naḥ smaraṇāya jvara-maraṇa-daśāyām api sakala-kaśmala-nirasanāni tava guṇa-kṛta-nāmadheyāni vacana-gocarāṇi bhavantu.
[atha kathanchit skhalana-kshut-patana-jrimbhana-duravasthaanaadishu vivashaanaam nah smaranaaya jvara-marana-dashaayaam api sakala-kashmala-nirasanaani tava guna-krita-naamadheyaani vachana-gocharaani bhavantu.]
Word-for-word
atha — still kathañcit — somehow or other skhalana — stumbling kṣut — hunger patana — falling down jṛmbhaṇa — yawning duravasthāna — because of being placed in an undesirable position ādiṣu — and so on vivaśānām — unable naḥ — of ourselves smaraṇāya — to remember jvara-maraṇa-daśāyām — in the case of having a high fever at the time of death api — also sakala — all kaśmala — sins nirasanāni — which can dispel tava — Your guṇa — attributes kṛta — activities nāmadheyāni — names vacana-gocarāṇi — possible to be uttered bhavantu — let them become.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
atha kathañcit skhalana-kṣut-patana-jṛmbhaṇa-duravasthānādiṣu vivaśānāṁ naḥ smaraṇāya jvara-maraṇa-daśāyām api sakala-kaśmala-nirasanāni tava guṇa-kṛta-nāmadheyāni vacana-gocarāṇi bhavantu.
atha
still
kathañcit
somehow or other
skhalana
stumbling
kṣut
hunger
patana
falling down
jṛmbhaṇa
yawning
duravasthāna
because of being placed in an undesirable position
ādiṣu
and so on
vivaśānām
unable
naḥ
of ourselves
smaraṇāya
to remember
jvara-maraṇa-daśāyām
in the case of having a high fever at the time of death
api
also
sakala
all
kaśmala
sins
nirasanāni
which can dispel
tava
Your
guṇa
attributes
kṛta
activities
nāmadheyāni
names
vacana-gocarāṇi
possible to be uttered
bhavantu
let them become.
Dear Lord, we may not be able to remember Your name, form and qualities due to stumbling, hunger, falling down, yawning or being in a miserable diseased condition at the time of death when there is a high fever. We therefore pray unto You, O Lord, for You are very affectionate to Your devotees. Please help us remember You and utter Your holy names, attributes and activities, which can dispel all the reactions of our sinful lives.
Purport

The real success in life is ante nārāyaṇa-smṛti — remembering the holy name, attributes, activities and form of the Lord at the time of death. Although we may be engaged in the Lord’s devotional service in the temple, material conditions are so tough and inevitable that we may forget the Lord at the time of death due to a diseased condition or mental derangement. Therefore we should pray to the Lord to be able to remember His lotus feet without fail at the time of death, when we are in such a precarious condition. In this regard, one may also see Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (6.2.9-10 and 14-15).

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
May we chant your names describing your qualities, which destroy all sins at the time of death, in order to help us remember you, who are unable to remember you while stumbling, suffering hunger, falling down, yawning, or suffering calamity! Even if we have unsteady, dull minds, let us think of you. So that persons like us who cannot remember you may remember you, may your names be available to us.
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Personal Guidance
At death the body may be too pained or confused to remember the Lord. Pray now for that final remembrance, because we cannot count on summoning it in the chaos of the final moment.
Reflection Questions
  • What habit of remembrance are you grooving today that could survive the disorientation of your last hours?
  • Have you ever sincerely prayed for the gift of remembering Him at the end?
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