PRAANA PRAYAANA SAMAYE- प्राण प्रयाण समये

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अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम् |
य: प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशय: ||BG8.5||

antakaale cha maameva smaranmuktvaa kalevaram |
yaha prayaati sa madbhaavam yaati naastyatra samshayaha || 5 ||
 One who, even during the time of departure, abandons his body while remembering me, he achieves my true nature, in this matter there is no doubt.

कृष्ण त्वदीय पद पङ्कज पञ्जरान्तं

अद्यैव मे विशतु मानस राज हंसः |
प्राण प्रयाण समये कफ वात पित्तैः
कण्ठ अवरोधन विधौ स्मरणं कुतः ते ॥ ३३ ॥Mukuna Mala

kṛṣṇa tvadīya-pada-paṅkaja-pañjarāntam
adyaiva me viśatu mānasa-rāja-haṁsaḥ
prāṇa-prayāṇa-samaye kapha-vāta-pittaiḥ
kaṇṭhāvarodhana-vidhau smaraṇaṁ kutas te-   Kulasekara Alwar

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, at this moment let the royal swan of my mind enter the tangled stems of the lotus of Your feet. How will it be possible for me to remember You at the time of death, when my throat will be choked up with mucus, bile, and air?

अधराहित चारु वंश नालाः
मकुटालम्बि मयूर पिञ्छ मालाः ।
हरिनील शिला विभङ्ग नीलाः
प्रतिभाः सन्तु मम अन्तिम प्रयाणे ॥ १२ ॥Gopala Vimsati
 adharāhita cāru vaṁśa nālāḥ
makuṭālambi mayūra piñcha mālāḥ |
harinīla śilā vibhaṅga nīlāḥ
pratibhāḥ santu mama antima prayāṇe || 12 ||Sri Vedanta Desika

May the resplendent blue  effulgence of Gopāla reminding one of an incomparable blue gem stone ( blue sapphire), with blue peacock feather decorations on His dark black hair and the divine flute on His lips appear before me during the last moments of my life on this earth.

துப்புடையாரை அடைவதெல்லாம்
சோர்விடத்துத் துணையாவரென்றே
ஒப்பிலேனாகிலும் நின்னடைந்தேன்
ஆனைக்கு நீ அருள் செய்தமையால்
எய்ப்பு என்னை வந்து நலியும் போது அங்கு
ஏதும் நானுன்னை நினைக்க மாட்டேன்
அப்போதைக்கு இப்போதே சொல்லி வைத்தேன்
அரங்கத் தரவணைப் பள்ளியானே! - Periazhwar thirumozhi-4.10

People generally depend on persons whom they think will help them when they become weak and old. Even though I am not qualified and eligible person, I have surrendered unto to you Oh my Lord. The other day you saved the Elephant Gajendra when it was caught by an alligator and cried out for your help. At the old age when I am fraught with disease I may not be able to call nay even think of you. Hence I would prefer to call you now itself when I am hale and healthy so that you can save me at my odd hours Oh my Lord Ranga Natha who is in reclining pose at divine Sri Ranga Shetra.

प्रशान्तेन्द्रिये नष्टसंज्ञे विचेष्टे
कफोद्गारिवक्त्रे भयोत्कम्पिगात्रे ।
प्रयाणोन्मुखे मय्यनाथे तदानीं
द्रुतं मे दयालो भवाग्रे गुह त्वम् ॥२०॥Subramanya bhujanga stotram
Prashaante[a-I]ndriye Nasstta-Samjnye Vicesstte
Kapho[a-U]dgaari-Vaktre Bhayot-Kampi-Gaatre |
Prayaanno[a-U]nmukhe Mayy-Anaathe Tadaaniim
Drutam Me Dayaalo Bhava-Agre Guha Tvam ||20|| Sri Sankara

When all my senses have calmed down, When I have lost my intelligence,
When I am not capable of any movement, When my throat is full of phlegm,
When my body is shivering due to fear, And when my soul is preparing to depart,
Without any one to help me, Oh Lord of mercy, please come fast,
For I want to be in thine presence, Lord Guha. || 20 ||

स्थिते मनसि सुस्वस्थे शरीरे सति यो नर
धातुसाम्ये स्थिते स्मर्ता विश्वरूपं च मामजं
ततस्तं म्रियमाणम् थु काष्ठ पाषण सन्निभम्
अहं स्मरामि मद्बक्तं नयामि परमां गतिम् II Sri Varaha charama slokam

sthite manasi suswasthe sareere sati yo narah /
dhaatu saamye sthite smartaa viswaroopam cha maam ahjam //
tatas thum mriyamaanam tu kaashta-paashaana sannibham /
aham smaraami mad bhaktam nayaami paramaam gatim //

If a person who while having mind and body in good shape with all the natural
elements in fine fettle, thinks of me as the birth less one, when such a person
reaches the time of death lying insentient like a log of wood or stone and
becomes unable to think, I will remember that person at that time and take him
to the highest state.

NOTE: 

While lord Krishna mentioned that those who remembered him at the time of death only will be liberated, Sri Ramanuja got it clarified through Lord Varadaraja that this is not applicable to those who had surrendered to him earlier. 

ThirukKachi Nambi obtained from Lord Varadaraja the famous ‘ Six Words’ and passed them on to Ramanuja. They provided the guidelines for Ramanuja to follow. They were:-

1.That Lord Narayana is the Paramaathma;
2.That the individual souls were different from Paramaathma;
3.That Prapathi is the means to attain salvation;
4.That the last remembrance of the Lord on the part of the departing soul was not necessary;
( अन्तिमस्मृति वर्जनं - Antima smruti varjanam )

5.That Moksha can be obtained only on laying off the mortal coils; and
6.That Ramanuja should take refuge at the feet of Periya Nambi.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH