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राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग
Raja Vidya Yoga
Krishna presents a direct teaching on divine presence, creation, and wholehearted devotion. Even a simple offering has meaning when it is given with sincerity.
Chapter 9 · Raja Vidya Yoga
34 verses
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BG 9.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच | इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे | ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ||९-१||
The Lord said: To you, who are free from fault-finding, I will tell this deepest secret: knowledge joined with direct understanding. Knowing it, you will be released from harm.
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BG 9.2
राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम् | प्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम् ||९-२||
This is the highest knowledge and highest secret, supremely purifying, directly knowable, consistent with duty, easy to practice, and enduring.
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BG 9.3
अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप | अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि ||९-३||
People who lack trust in this teaching do not reach me, scorcher of enemies; they return to the cycle of death and repeated existence.
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BG 9.4
मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना | मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः ||९-४||
In my unmanifest form I pervade this whole world. All beings dwell in me, but I do not dwell in them.
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BG 9.5
न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् | भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः ||९-५||
And yet beings do not dwell in me: see my divine power of yoga. My self sustains and brings forth beings, without dwelling in them.
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BG 9.6
यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान् | तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय ||९-६||
As the great wind, moving everywhere, always remains within space, understand that all beings remain in me.
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BG 9.7
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् | कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् ||९-७||
At the close of a cosmic period, all beings enter my nature, Kunti's son. At the beginning of another period, I send them forth again.
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BG 9.8
प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः | भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात् ||९-८||
Governing my own nature, I repeatedly send forth this whole multitude of beings, helpless under nature's power.
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BG 9.9
न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय | उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु ||९-९||
These actions do not bind me, Dhananjaya. I remain as though unconcerned, unattached to those actions.
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BG 9.10
मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम् | हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते ||९-१०||
Under my oversight, nature brings forth the moving and unmoving world. Through this, Kunti's son, the world continues its cycles.
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BG 9.11
अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम् | परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम् ||९-११||
The deluded disregard me when I take a human body, not knowing my higher nature as the great lord of beings.
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BG 9.12
मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः | राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः ||९-१२||
Their hopes, actions, and knowledge are futile; lacking discernment, they have adopted a deluding nature that is fiendish and demonic.
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BG 9.13
महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः | भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम् ||९-१३||
But great souls, Partha, taking refuge in divine nature, worship me with undivided minds, knowing me as the unchanging source of beings.
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BG 9.14
सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः | नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते ||९-१४||
Always praising me, striving with firm vows, and bowing to me in devotion, they worship me in constant union.
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BG 9.15
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते | एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम् ||९-१५||
Others also worship me through the sacrifice of knowledge—as one, as distinct, and in many ways—as the one facing in every direction.
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BG 9.16
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाहमहमौषधम् | मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम् ||९-१६||
I am the Vedic rite and the sacrifice, the ancestral offering and the medicinal plant; I am the sacred formula, the clarified butter, the fire, and the act of offering.
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BG 9.17
पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः | वेद्यं पवित्रमोंकार ऋक्साम यजुरेव च ||९-१७||
I am this world's father, mother, sustainer, and grandfather; I am what is to be known, the purifier, Om, and the Rig, Sama, and Yajur Vedas.
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BG 9.18
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत् | प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम् ||९-१८||
I am the destination, support, lord, witness, dwelling, refuge, and friend; the origin, dissolution, resting place, storehouse, and imperishable seed.
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BG 9.19
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च | अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन ||९-१९||
I give heat; I hold back and release rain. I am immortality and death, being and nonbeing, Arjuna.
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BG 9.20
त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापा यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते | ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोक- मश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान् ||९-२०||
Those learned in the three Vedas, drinking soma and purified of sin, worship me through sacrifices and seek heaven. Reaching the meritorious world of the gods' king, they enjoy divine pleasures there.
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BG 9.21
ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति | एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते ||९-२१||
After enjoying that vast heavenly world, they return to the mortal world when their merit is exhausted. Following the threefold Vedic practice and desiring pleasures, they gain repeated coming and going.
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BG 9.22
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते | तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ||९-२२||
For those who worship me, thinking of no other and remaining constantly devoted, I carry the responsibility of gaining and preserving what they need.
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BG 9.23
येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः | तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम् ||९-२३||
Even devotees of other deities who worship with trust worship me alone, Kunti's son, though without the proper understanding or manner.
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BG 9.24
अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च | न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते ||९-२४||
For I am the recipient and lord of all sacrifices. But they do not know me truly, and so they fall away.
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BG 9.25
यान्ति देवव्रता देवान्पितॄन्यान्ति पितृव्रताः | भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम् ||९-२५||
Those devoted to gods go to the gods; those devoted to ancestors go to the ancestors; worshipers of spirits go to spirits; those who worship me come to me.
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BG 9.26
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति | तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ||९-२६||
Whoever offers me a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water with devotion—I partake of that devoted offering from one whose inner being is pure.
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BG 9.27
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् | यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ||९-२७||
Whatever you do, eat, offer in sacrifice, give away, or undertake as austerity, Kunti's son, do it as an offering to me.
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BG 9.28
शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः | संन्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि ||९-२८||
In this way you will be released from the bonds of action with their good and bad fruits. Joined to the yoga of renunciation and freed, you will come to me.
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BG 9.29
समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः | ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् ||९-२९||
I am equal toward all beings; no one is hated or favored by me. But those who worship me with devotion are in me, and I am in them.
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BG 9.30
अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक् | साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः ||९-३०||
Even if someone of very bad conduct worships me with undivided devotion, that person should be regarded as good, because their resolve has been rightly directed.
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BG 9.31
क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति | कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति ||९-३१||
That person soon becomes righteous and reaches lasting peace. Kunti's son, declare it: my devotee does not perish.
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BG 9.32
मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः | स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् ||९-३२||
For even those described as born from sinful origins, as well as women, Vaishyas, and Shudras, reach the highest destination by taking refuge in me, Partha.
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BG 9.33
किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा | अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम् ||९-३३||
How much more, then, virtuous brahmins and devoted royal sages. Having come into this impermanent, joyless world, worship me.
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BG 9.34
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु | मामेवैष्यसि युक्त्वैवमात्मानं मत्परायणः ||९-३४||
Set your mind on me, become my devotee, sacrifice to me, and bow to me. Joining yourself to me in this way and making me your highest aim, you will come to me alone.