'"He has become one," they say, "he does not see." "He has become one," they say, "he does not smell." "He has become one," they say, "he does not taste." "He has become one," they say, "he does not speak." "He has become one," they say, "he does not hear." "He has become one," they say, "he does not think." "He has become one," they say, "he does not touch." "He has become one," they say, "he does not know." The point of his heart becomes lighted up, and by that light the Self departs, either through the eye, or through the skull, or through other places of the body. And when he thus departs, life (the chief prana) departs after him, and when life thus departs, all the other vital spirits (pranas) depart after it. He is conscious, and being conscious he follows and departs. 'Then both his knowledge and his work take hold of him, and his acquaintance with former things.'

In plain words: People around the dying person say he no longer sees, hears, speaks or knows, because all his senses have become one. The tip of the heart lights up, and by that light the Self leaves through the eye, the top of the head or another opening. The life breath and the other senses follow it. The Self stays aware, and it carries with it its knowledge, its past deeds and its old memories.