Krishna expands the rule of Verse 5 into a universal, inescapable law of nature. He declares: Whatsoever specific state of being, object, or nature (yaṃ yaṃ vāpi bhāvaṃ) a person remembers and focuses on (smaran) at the final end when quitting the physical body (tyajaty ante kalevaram)—that exact state and destination (taṃ tam eva) they inevitably attain and go to (eti), O son of Kunti. Why? Because the soul is constantly absorbed, saturated, and molded by that exact thought throughout its life (sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ).