Sārathi

Chapter 9 of 18

राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग Raja Vidya Yoga

Yoga through the King of Sciences. 34 verses.

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The ninth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is "Raja Vidya Yoga". In this chapter, Krishna explains that He is Supreme and how this material existence is created, maintained and destroyed by His Yogmaya and all beings come and go under his supervision. He reveals the Role and the Importance of Bhakti (transcendental devotional service) towards our Spiritual Awakening. In such devotion, one must live for the God, offer everything that he possesses to Him and do everything for Him only. One who follows such devotion becomes free from the bonds of this material world and unites with the Lord.

  1. 9.1इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे।idaṁ tu te guhyatamaṁ pravakṣhyāmyanasūyaveThe Blessed Lord said, "I shall now declare to thee, who does not cavil, the greatest secret—the knowledge combined with experience (Self-realisation). Having known…
  2. 9.2राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम्।rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyaṁ pavitram idam uttamamThis is the royal science, the royal secret, the supreme purifier, realizable by direct intuitive knowledge, according to righteousness, very easy to perform and…
  3. 9.3अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप।aśhraddadhānāḥ puruṣhā dharmasyāsya parantapaThose who have no faith in this Dharma, O Parantapa, return to the path of this world without attaining Me.
  4. 9.4मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना।mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtināAll of this world is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest aspect; all beings exist within Me, but I do not dwell within them.
  5. 9.5न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्।na cha mat-sthāni bhūtāni paśhya me yogam aiśhwaramNor do beings exist in Me (in reality); behold, My divine Yoga, which supports all beings, but does not dwell in them, is My Self, the efficient cause of beings.
  6. 9.6यथाऽऽकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्।yathākāśha-sthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatra-go mahānAs the mighty wind, moving everywhere, always rests in the ether, so too, know that all beings rest in Me.
  7. 9.7सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।sarva-bhūtāni kaunteya prakṛitiṁ yānti māmikāmAll beings, O Arjuna, go into My Nature at the end of a Kalpa; I send them forth again at the beginning of the next Kalpa.
  8. 9.8प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः।prakṛitiṁ svām avaṣhṭabhya visṛijāmi punaḥ punaḥAnimating My Nature, I again and again send forth all this multitude of beings, helpless under the force of Nature.
  9. 9.9न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय।na cha māṁ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjayaThese acts do not bind Me, O Arjuna, sitting as one indifferent, unattached to those acts.
  10. 9.10मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्।mayādhyakṣheṇa prakṛitiḥ sūyate sa-charācharamUnder Me, as supervisor, Nature produces the moving and the unmoving; therefore, O Arjuna, the world revolves.
  11. 9.11अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्।avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣhīṁ tanum āśhritamFools disregard Me, clad in human form, not knowing My higher Being as the great Lord of all beings.
  12. 9.12मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः।moghāśhā mogha-karmāṇo mogha-jñānā vichetasaḥThey are possessed of the deceitful nature of demons and undivine beings, filled with vain hopes, vain actions, and vain knowledge that is senseless.
  13. 9.13महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः।mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛitim āśhritāḥBut the great souls, O Arjuna, partaking of My divine nature, worship Me with a single-minded devotion, knowing Me as the imperishable source of all beings.
  14. 9.14सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः।satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaśh cha dṛiḍha-vratāḥAlways glorifying Me, striving, firm in their vows, prostrating themselves before Me, they worship Me with steadfast devotion.
  15. 9.15ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।jñāna-yajñena chāpyanye yajanto mām upāsateOthers also, sacrificing with the wisdom-sacrifice, worship Me, the All-Faced, as one, distinct, and manifold.
  16. 9.16अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।ahaṁ kratur ahaṁ yajñaḥ svadhāham aham auṣhadhamI am Kratu; I am Yajna; I am the offering to the manes; I am the medicinal herbs and all plants; I am the Mantra; I am also the ghee or melted butter; I am the fire; I…
  17. 9.17पिताऽहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः।pitāham asya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥI am the father of this world, the mother, the dispenser of the fruits of actions, and the grandfather; the one thing to be known, the purifier, the sacred monosyllable…
  18. 9.18गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्।gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣhī nivāsaḥ śharaṇaṁ suhṛitI am the goal, the supporter, the Lord, the witness, the abode, the shelter, the friend, the origin, the dissolution, the foundation, the treasure-house, and the…
  19. 9.19तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।tapāmyaham ahaṁ varṣhaṁ nigṛihṇāmyutsṛijāmi chaAs the sun, I give heat; I withhold and send forth the rain; I am immortality and also death, existence and non-existence, O Arjuna.
  20. 9.20त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापाtrai-vidyā māṁ soma-pāḥ pūta-pāpāThe knowers of the three Vedas, the drinkers of Soma, purified of all sins, worshipping Me through sacrifices, pray for the way to heaven; they reach the holy world of…
  21. 9.21ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालंte taṁ bhuktvā swarga-lokaṁ viśhālaṁThey, having enjoyed the vast heaven, enter the world of mortals when their merit is exhausted; thus abiding by the injunctions of the three (Vedas) and desiring objects…
  22. 9.22अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते।ananyāśh chintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsateFor those men who worship Me alone, thinking of no one else, for those ever-united, I secure what they have not already possessed and preserve what they already possess.
  23. 9.23येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः।ye ’pyanya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śhraddhayānvitāḥEven those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other gods, worship Me alone, O Arjuna, but by the wrong method.
  24. 9.24अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।ahaṁ hi sarva-yajñānāṁ bhoktā cha prabhureva chaFor I alone am the enjoyer and Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know Me in reality, and thus they return to this mortal world.
  25. 9.25यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितृ़न्यान्ति पितृव्रताः।yānti deva-vratā devān pitṝīn yānti pitṛi-vratāḥThe worshippers of the gods go to them; the ancestor-worshippers go to the manes; the worshippers of the deities who preside over the elements go to them; but My…
  26. 9.26पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।patraṁ puṣhpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayachchhatiWhoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or a little water, that, so offered devotedly by the pure-minded, I accept.
  27. 9.27यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्।yat karoṣhi yad aśhnāsi yaj juhoṣhi dadāsi yatWhatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever austerity you practice, O Arjuna, do it as an offering to Me.
  28. 9.28शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः।śhubhāśhubha-phalair evaṁ mokṣhyase karma-bandhanaiḥThus, you shall be freed from the bonds of actions yielding good and evil fruits; with the mind steadfast in the Yoga of renunciation, and liberated, you shall come to…
  29. 9.29समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः।samo ’haṁ sarva-bhūteṣhu na me dveṣhyo ’sti na priyaḥI am the same to all beings; there is none hateful or dear to Me; but those who worship Me with devotion are in Me, and I am also in them.
  30. 9.30अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक्।api chet su-durāchāro bhajate mām ananya-bhākEven if the most sinful worships Me, with devotion to no one else, he should indeed be regarded as righteous, for he has rightly resolved.
  31. 9.31क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति।kṣhipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā śhaśhvach-chhāntiṁ nigachchhatiSoon he becomes righteous and attains eternal peace; O Arjuna, proclaim thou for certain that My devotee never perishes.
  32. 9.32मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः।māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśhritya ye ’pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥFor, taking refuge in Me, they who, O Arjuna, may be of a sinful birth—women, Vaisyas, and Sudras—attain the Supreme Goal.
  33. 9.33किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा।kiṁ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣhayas tathāHow much more easily, then, do Brahmins and devoted royal saints attain the goal? Having come to this impermanent and unhappy world, do thou worship Me.
  34. 9.34मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु।man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuruFix your mind on Me; be devoted to Me; sacrifice to Me; bow down to Me; having thus united your whole self to Me, taking Me as the supreme goal, you will come to Me.