Sanskrit
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् । तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः ॥
yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaran bhāvaṃ tyajaty ante kalevaram taṃ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ
Translation
Whosoever at the end abandoneth the body, thinking upon any being, to that being only he goeth, O Kaunteya, ever to that conformed in nature.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Verse 5 made the claim about reaching Krishna specifically; this verse generalizes it into a law of mind that holds regardless of the object — whatever you dwell on at death, you go to that, full stop. That generality is what makes verse 7’s imperative necessary: if the mechanism itself is neutral, the only lever available is what you practice remembering long before the moment arrives.