Chapter 9 · 34 verses
राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोगः
Rāja-vidyā-rāja-guhya-yogaḥ
- 9.1इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे।The Blessed Lord said, "I shall now declare to thee, who does not cavil, the greatest secret—the knowledge…
- 9.2राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम्।This is the royal science, the royal secret, the supreme purifier, realizable by direct intuitive knowledge,…
- 9.3अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप।Those who have no faith in this Dharma, O Parantapa, return to the path of this world without attaining Me.
- 9.4मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना।All of this world is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest aspect; all beings exist within Me, but I do not dwell…
- 9.5न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्।Nor do beings exist in Me (in reality); behold, My divine Yoga, which supports all beings, but does not dwell…
- 9.6यथाऽऽकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्।As the mighty wind, moving everywhere, always rests in the ether, so too, know that all beings rest in Me.
- 9.7सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।All beings, O Arjuna, go into My Nature at the end of a Kalpa; I send them forth again at the beginning of…
- 9.8प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः।Animating My Nature, I again and again send forth all this multitude of beings, helpless under the force of…
- 9.9न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय।These acts do not bind Me, O Arjuna, sitting as one indifferent, unattached to those acts.
- 9.10मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्।Under Me, as supervisor, Nature produces the moving and the unmoving; therefore, O Arjuna, the world revolves.
- 9.11अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्।Fools disregard Me, clad in human form, not knowing My higher Being as the great Lord of all beings.
- 9.12मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः।They are possessed of the deceitful nature of demons and undivine beings, filled with vain hopes, vain…
- 9.13महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः।But the great souls, O Arjuna, partaking of My divine nature, worship Me with a single-minded devotion,…
- 9.14सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः।Always glorifying Me, striving, firm in their vows, prostrating themselves before Me, they worship Me with…
- 9.15ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।Others also, sacrificing with the wisdom-sacrifice, worship Me, the All-Faced, as one, distinct, and manifold.
- 9.16अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।I am Kratu; I am Yajna; I am the offering to the manes; I am the medicinal herbs and all plants; I am the…
- 9.17पिताऽहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः।I am the father of this world, the mother, the dispenser of the fruits of actions, and the grandfather; the…
- 9.18गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्।I am the goal, the supporter, the Lord, the witness, the abode, the shelter, the friend, the origin, the…
- 9.19तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।As the sun, I give heat; I withhold and send forth the rain; I am immortality and also death, existence and…
- 9.20त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापाThe knowers of the three Vedas, the drinkers of Soma, purified of all sins, worshipping Me through…
- 9.21ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालंThey, having enjoyed the vast heaven, enter the world of mortals when their merit is exhausted; thus abiding…
- 9.22अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते।For those men who worship Me alone, thinking of no one else, for those ever-united, I secure what they have…
- 9.23येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः।Even those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other gods, worship Me alone, O Arjuna, but by the wrong…
- 9.24अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।For I alone am the enjoyer and Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know Me in reality, and thus they…
- 9.25यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितॄन्यान्ति पितृव्रताः।The worshippers of the gods go to them; the ancestor-worshippers go to the manes; the worshippers of the…
- 9.26पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।Whoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or a little water, that, so offered devotedly by…
- 9.27यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्।Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever austerity you…
- 9.28शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः।Thus, you shall be freed from the bonds of actions yielding good and evil fruits; with the mind steadfast in…
- 9.29समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः।I am the same to all beings; there is none hateful or dear to Me; but those who worship Me with devotion are…
- 9.30अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक्।Even if the most sinful worships Me, with devotion to no one else, he should indeed be regarded as righteous,…
- 9.31क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति।Soon he becomes righteous and attains eternal peace; O Arjuna, proclaim thou for certain that My devotee…
- 9.32मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः।For, taking refuge in Me, they who, O Arjuna, may be of a sinful birth—women, Vaisyas, and Sudras—attain the…
- 9.33किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा।How much more easily, then, do Brahmins and devoted royal saints attain the goal? Having come to this…
- 9.34मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु।Fix your mind on Me; be devoted to Me; sacrifice to Me; bow down to Me; having thus united your whole self to…