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Bhagavad Geeta · Krishna

Chapter 9

राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग

Yoga through the King of Sciences

Verses

  1. Verse 1

    śrī bhagavān uvāca idaṃ tu te guhyatamaṃ pravakṣyāmyanasūyave| jñānaṃ vijñānasahitaṃ yaj jñātvā mokṣyase 'śubhāt||9.1||

    Meaning

    Lord Shri Krishna said: I will now reveal to you, since you do not doubt, that profound mysticism, which, when followed with experience, will liberate you from sin.

  2. Verse 2

    rājavidyā rājaguhyaṃ pavitram idam uttamam| pratyakṣāvagamaṃ dharmyaṃ susukhaṃ kartum avyayam||9.2||

    Meaning

    This is the supreme science, the supreme secret, the purest and best; it is intuitive, righteous, and to those who practise it, it is exceedingly pleasant.

  3. Verse 3

    aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa| aprāpya māṃ nivartante mṛtyusaṃsāravartmani||9.3||

    Meaning

    They who have no faith in this teaching cannot find Me; they remain lost in the purlieus of this perishable world.

  4. Verse 4

    mayā tatam idaṃ sarvaṃ jagad avyaktamūrtinā| matsthāni sarvabhūtāni na cāhaṃ teṣvavasthitaḥ||9.4||

    Meaning

    The whole world is pervaded by Me, yet My form is not visible. All living beings have their being in Me, yet I am not confined by them.

  5. Verse 5

    na ca matsthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogam aiśvaram| bhūtabhṛn na ca bhūtastho mamātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ||9.5||

    Meaning

    Nevertheless, they do not consciously abide in Me. Such is My Divine Sovereignty that, though I, the Supreme Self, am the cause and upholder of all, yet I remain outside.

  6. Verse 6

    yathā''kāśasthito nityaṃ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahān| tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānītyupadhāraya||9.6||

    Meaning

    As the mighty wind, though moving everywhere, has no resting place except in space, so all these beings have no home except in Me.

  7. Verse 7

    sarvabhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṃ yānti māmikām| kalpakṣaye punas tāni kalpādau visṛjāmyaham||9.7||

    Meaning

    All beings, O Arjuna, return at the end of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature, which is a part of Me, and at the start of the next I send them forth again.

  8. Verse 8

    prakṛtiṃ svām avaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ| bhūtagrāmam imaṃ kṛtsnam avaśaṃ prakṛter vaśāt||9.8||

    Meaning

    With the help of Nature, I again and again pour forth the whole multitude of beings, whether they will or not, for they are ruled by My will.

  9. Verse 9

    na ca māṃ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya| udāsīnavad āsīnam asaktaṃ teṣu karmasu||9.9||

    Meaning

    But these acts of mine do not bind me; I remain outside and unattached.

  10. Verse 10

    mayā'dhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram| hetunā'nena kaunteya jagad viparivartate||9.10||

    Meaning

    Under my guidance, Nature produces all movable and immovable things. Thus, O Arjuna, this universe revolves.

  11. Verse 11

    avajānanti māṃ mūḍhā mānuṣīṃ tanum āśritam| paraṃ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūtamaheśvaram||9.11||

    Meaning

    Fools disregard Me, seeing Me clad in human form. They do not know that in My higher nature, I am the Lord-God of all.

  12. Verse 12

    moghāśā moghakarmāṇo moghajñānā vicetasaḥ| rākṣasīm āsurīṃ caiva prakṛtiṃ mohinīṃ śritāḥ||9.12||

    Meaning

    Their hopes are futile, their actions worthless, their knowledge ineffective; they are without sense, deceitful, barbaric, and godless.

  13. Verse 13

    mahātmānas tu māṃ pārtha daivīṃ prakṛtim āśritāḥ| bhajantyananyamanaso jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam||9.13||

    Meaning

    But the great souls, O Arjuna! Filled with my divine spirit, they worship me, fix their minds on me alone, for they know that I am the imperishable source of being.

  14. Verse 14

    satataṃ kīrtayanto māṃ yatantaś ca dṛḍhavratāḥ| namasyantaś ca māṃ bhaktyā nityayuktā upāsate||9.14||

    Meaning

    Always extolling Me, they are strenuous and firm in their vows, prostrating themselves before Me, and worshipping Me continually with concentrated devotion.

  15. Verse 15

    jñānayajñena cāpyanye yajanto mām upāsate| ekatvena pṛthaktvena bahudhā viśvatomukham||9.15||

    Meaning

    Others worship Me with full consciousness as the One, the Manifold, the Omnipresent, and the Universal.

  16. Verse 16

    ahaṃ kratur ahaṃ yajñaḥ svadhā'ham aham auṣadham| maṃtro 'ham aham evājyam aham agnir ahaṃ hutam||9.16||

    Meaning

    I am the oblation, the sacrifice, and the worship; I am the fuel and the chant; I am the butter offered to the fire; I am the fire itself, and I am the act of offering.

  17. Verse 17

    pitā'ham asya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ| vedyaṃ pavitramoṃkāra ṛk sāma yajureva ca||9.17||

    Meaning

    I am the Father of the universe, its Mother, Nourisher, and Grandfather; I am the Knowable and the Pure; I am Om, and I am the Sacred Scriptures.

  18. Verse 18

    gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṃ suhṛt| prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṃ nidhānaṃ bījam avyayam||9.18||

    Meaning

    I am the goal, the sustainer, the Lord, the witness, the home, the shelter, the lover, and the origin; I am life and death; I am the fountain and the imperishable seed.

  19. Verse 19

    tapāmyaham ahaṃ varṣaṃ nigṛhṇāmyutsṛjāmi ca| amṛtaṃ caiva mṛtyuś ca sad asac cāham arjuna||9.19||

    Meaning

    I am the heat of the sun, I release and withhold the rain. I am death and immortality; I am being and non-being.

  20. Verse 20

    traividyā māṃ somapāḥ pūtapāpā yajñair iṣṭvā svargatiṃ prārthayante| te puṇyam āsādya surendraloka m aśnanti divyān divi devabhogān||9.20||

    Meaning

    Those who are versed in the scriptures, who drink the mystic Soma-juice and are purified from sin, and who, while worshipping Me with sacrifices, pray that I will lead them to heaven; they reach the holy world where the Controller of the Powers of Nature resides, and they enjoy the feasts of Paradise.

  21. Verse 21

    te taṃ bhuktvā svargalokaṃ viśālaṃ kṣīṇe puṇye martyalokaṃ viśanti| eva trayīdharmamanuprapannā gatāgataṃ kāmakāmā labhante||9.21||

    Meaning

    Yet, although they enjoy the spacious glories of Paradise, when their merit is exhausted, they are born again into this world of mortals. They have followed the letter of the scriptures, yet, because they have sought to fulfil their own desires, they must depart and return again and again.

  22. Verse 22

    ananyāś cintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate| teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmyaham||9.22||

    Meaning

    But if a person meditates on Me and Me alone, worships Me always and everywhere, I will take upon Myself the fulfilment of their aspiration, and I will safeguard whatever they attain.

  23. Verse 23

    ye 'pyanyadevatā bhaktā yajante śraddhayā'nvitāḥ| te 'pi mām eva kaunteya yajantyavidhipūrvakam||9.23||

    Meaning

    Even those who worship the lesser powers, if they do so with faith, they are thereby worshipping Me, though not in the correct manner.

  24. Verse 24

    ahaṃ hi sarvayajñānāṃ bhoktā ca prabhureva ca| na tu mām abhijānanti tattvenātaś cyavanti te||9.24||

    Meaning

    I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But they do not know me truly, so they fall back.

  25. Verse 25

    yānti devavratā devān pitṝn yānti pitṛvratāḥ| bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti madyājino 'pi mām||9.25||

    Meaning

    The votaries of the lesser powers go to them; the devotees of spirits go to them; they who worship the powers of darkness, to such powers shall they go; and so too, those who worship me shall come to me.

  26. Verse 26

    patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati| tadahaṃ bhaktyupahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ||9.26||

    Meaning

    Whatever a person offers to Me, be it a leaf, flower, fruit, or water, I accept it, for it is offered with devotion and a pure mind.

  27. Verse 27

    yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat| yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣva madarpaṇam||9.27||

    Meaning

    Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you sacrifice and give, whatever austerities you practise, do all as an offering to Me.

  28. Verse 28

    śubhāśubhaphalair evaṃ mokṣyase karmabandhanaiḥ| saṃnyāsayogayuktātmā vimukto mām upaiṣyasi||9.28||

    Meaning

    So, your action will have no result, either good or bad; but, through the spirit of renunciation, you will come to Me and be free.

  29. Verse 29

    samo 'haṃ sarvabhūteṣu na me dveṣyo 'sti na priyaḥ| ye bhajanti tu māṃ bhaktyā mayi te teṣu cāpyaham||9.29||

    Meaning

    I am the same to all beings; I do not favour any, nor do I hate any. However, those who worship Me devotedly, they live in Me and I in them.

  30. Verse 30

    api cet sudurācāro bhajate mām ananyabhāk| sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi saḥ||9.30||

    Meaning

    Even the most sinful, if he worships Me with his whole heart, shall be considered righteous, for he is treading the right path.

  31. Verse 31

    kṣipraṃ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvacchāntiṃ nigacchati| kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati||9.31||

    Meaning

    He will soon attain spirituality and eternal peace. O Arjuna! Believe me, my devotee is never lost.

  32. Verse 32

    māṃ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye 'pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ| striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te 'pi yānti parāṃ gatim||9.32||

    Meaning

    Even the children of sinful parents, those miscalled the weaker sex, merchants, and labourers, if they make Me their refuge, they shall attain the highest.

  33. Verse 33

    kiṃ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayas tathā| anityam asukhaṃ lokam imaṃ prāpya bhajasva mām||9.33||

    Meaning

    What need is there, then, to mention the holy ministers of God, the devotees, and the saintly rulers? Therefore, do you, born in this changing and miserable world, also worship Me.

  34. Verse 34

    manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṃ namaskuru| mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam ātmānaṃ matparāyaṇaḥ||9.34||

    Meaning

    Fix your mind on Me, devote yourself to Me, sacrifice for Me, surrender to Me, make Me the object of your aspirations, and you shall assuredly become one with Me, Who am your own Self.

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