Magic of Eight Aksharas

 

श्री कृष्ण शरणं ममः

śrī kṛṣṇa śaraṇaṁ mamaḥ

 

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
श्री	कृ	ष्ण	श	र	णं	म	मः

 

त्राहि माम कृपा कृष्णं शरणागत आतुरम्

trāhi māma kṛpā kṛṣṇaṁ śaraṇāgata āturam

This is 8+8

And Gandhi went to Rama

अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन् मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्
antakāle ca māmeva smaran muktvā kalevaram

यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः
yaḥ prayāti sa madbhāvaṁ yāti nāstyatra saṁśayaḥ

 

And he who, casting off the body, goeth forth thinking upon Me only at the time of the end, he entereth into My being; there is no doubt of that .(English Transl- Bhagwan Das/An.Bes)

Gandhi was a great devotee of Srimad Bhagvad Gita and died with  हे राम !! (he rāma ) on his lips

Krishna- I am the Supreme spirit.

यस्मातक्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः।
अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः॥

yasmātakṣaramatīto'hamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ |
ato'smi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ ||

 Since I transcend the destructible, and am higher also than the indestructible, therefore in the world and in the Veda I am proclaimed the Supreme Spirit.