Those who know Me together with the realm of beings and the realm of the gods, and those who know Me together with the realm of sacrifice: even at the hour of departure, even at the time of death, those of yoked thought, of gathered mind, know Me. Thus ends the seventh chapter in the commentary on the Bhagavad Gītā composed by the most reverend Śaṅkara the Blessed, pupil of the most reverend Govinda the Blessed whose feet are worthy of worship, the venerable wandering ascetic of the supreme order.

Here, by the renewed indication in the word 'who', qualified ones other than those indicated before are made known. 'Those who know Me as the one with the adhibhuta and the adhidaiva, who seek lordship'; this, though of the form of a restatement, being a matter not yet attained, is itself the enjoining of it. Likewise 'the one with the adhiyajna' too is enjoined, without distinction, for all three qualified ones, by the very nature of the matter; for all three the carrying out of the great sacrifices and the rest, in the form of the obligatory and occasional rites, cannot be avoided. And they, even at the time of departure, know Me in conformity with what each is to attain. By the word 'and' in 'and they', those who strive for release from age and death are also gathered in, as knowing Me even at the time of departure. By this it is said that the man of knowledge too, by the very nature of the matter, knows Me as the one with the adhiyajna, and, even at the time of departure, knows Me in conformity with what he is to attain.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.