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Chapter IX34 verses

अथ नवमोऽध्यायः

राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोगः

The Yoga of King-knowledge and King-secret

Rāja-vidyā-rāja-guhya-yoga

A leaf, a flower, a fruit, a little water, offered in love, and the Lord of all the worlds stretches out His hand to receive it. — The Delight of Krishna

The soul enters in
mām anusmara yudhya ca — the whole of life become a remembrance of the Divine
and is led towards
matparāyaṇaḥ — the whole being turned to the Divine as its one supreme goal
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In this chapter

34 verses

Summary of chapter 9

Works, Devotion and Knowledge - What the Gita now proceeds to say is the most secret thing of all. it is the knowledge of the whole Godhead which the Master of his being has promised to Arjuna. To direct the whole self Godwards in an entire union is the way to rise out of a mundane into a divine existence.

Chapter 9 illustration, titled राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोगः
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Chapter outline

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  1. 9·1–10The secret truth of the Lordship and Transcendence of the Divine.
  2. 9·11–15The ignorant as against the men of spiritual vision.
  3. 9·16–19The lmmanent Divine.
  4. 9·20–25The worship of the limited Godheads and love of the Supreme Divine.
  5. 9·26–33The inspiration to turn the entire life into spiritual Yoga.
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The verses

Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 9·1इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे । ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥ १ ॥idaṁ tu te guhyatamaṁ pravakṣyāmyanasūyave, jñānaṁ vijñānasahitaṁ yajjñātvā mokṣyase’śubhāt.What I am going to tell thee, the uncarping, is the most secret thing of all, the essential knowledge attended…
  2. 9·2, a key verseराजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम् । प्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम् ॥ २ ॥rājavidyā rājaguhyaṁ pavitramidamuttamam, pratyakṣāvagamaṁ dharmyaṁ susukhaṁ kartumavyayam.This is the king-knowledge, the king-secret (the wisdom of all wisdoms, the secret of all secrets), it is a…
  3. 9·3अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परंतप । अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि ॥ ३ ॥aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya paraṁtapa, aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyusaṁsāravartmani.(But faith is necessary). The souls that fail to get faith in the higher truth and law, O Parantapa, not…
  4. 9·4, a key verseमया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना । मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः ॥ ४ ॥mayā tatamidaṁ sarvaṁ jagadavyaktamūrtinā, matsthāni sarvabhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣvavasthitaḥ.By Me, all this universe has been extended in the ineffable mystery of My being…
  5. 9·5न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् । भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः ॥ ५ ॥na ca matsthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogamaiśvaram, bhūtabhṛnna ca bhūtastho mamātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ.And yet all existences are not situated in Me, behold My divine Yoga…
  6. 9·6यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान् । तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय ॥ ६ ॥yathākāśasthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahān, tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānītyupadhāraya.It is as the great, the all-pervading aerial principle dwells in the etheric that all existences dwell in Me…
  7. 9·7सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् । कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् ॥ ७ ॥sarvabhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṁ yānti māmikām, kalpakṣaye punastāni kalpādau visṛjāmyaham.All existences, O Kaunteya, return into My divine Nature (out of her action into her immobility and silence)…
  8. 9·8प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः । भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात् ॥ ८ ॥prakṛtiṁ svāmavaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ, bhūtagrāmamimaṁ kṛtsnamavaśaṁ prakṛtervaśāt.Leaning – pressing down upon my own Nature (Prakriti) I create (loose forth into various being) all this…
  9. 9·9न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय । उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु ॥ ९ ॥na ca māṁ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanaṁjaya, udāsīnavadāsīnamasaktaṁ teṣu karmasu.Nor do these works bind me, O Dhananjaya, for I am seated as if indifferent above, unattached to those actions.
  10. 9·10मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम् । हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते ॥ १० ॥mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram, hetunānena kaunteya jagadviparivartate.I am the presiding control of my own action of Nature, (not a spirit born in her, but) the creative spirit who…
  11. 9·11अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम् । परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम् ॥ ११ ॥avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanumāśritam, paraṁ bhāvamajānanto mama bhūtamaheśvaram.Deluded minds despise me lodged in the human body because they know not my supreme nature of being, Lord of…
  12. 9·12मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः । राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः ॥ १२ ॥moghāśā moghakarmāṇo moghajñānā vicetasaḥ, rākṣasīmāsurīṁ caiva prakṛtiṁ mohinīṁ śritāḥ.All their hope, action, knowledge are vain things (when judged by the Divine eternal standard)…
  13. 9·13महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः । भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम् ॥ १३ ॥mahātmānastu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛtimāśritāḥ, bhajantyananyamanaso jñātvā bhūtādimavyayam.The great-souled, O Partha, who dwell in the divine nature know Me (the Godhead lodged in human body) as the…
  14. 9·14सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः । नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते ॥ १४ ॥satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaśca dṛḍhavratāḥ, namasyantaśca māṁ bhaktyā nityayuktā upāsate.Always adoring Me, steadfast in spiritual endeavour, bowing down to Me with devotion, they worship Me ever in…
  15. 9·15ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते । एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम् ॥ १५ ॥jñānayajñena cāpyanye yajanto māmupāsate, ekatvena pṛthaktvena bahudhā viśvatomukham.Others also seek Me out by the sacrifice of knowledge and worship Me in My oneness and in every separate being…
  16. 9·16अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाहमहमौषधम् । मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम् ॥ १६ ॥ahaṁ kraturahaṁ yajñaḥ svadhāhamahamauṣadham, mantro’hamahamevājyamahamagnirahaṁ hutam.I the ritual action, I the sacrifice, I the food-oblation, I the fire-giving herb, the mantra I, I also the…
  17. 9·17पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः । वेद्यं पवित्रमोङ्कार ऋक्साम यजुरेव च ॥ १७ ॥pitāhamasya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ, vedyaṁ pavitramoṅkāra ṛksāma yajureva ca.I the Father of this world, the Mother, the Ordainer, the first Creator, the object of Knowledge, the sacred…
  18. 9·18गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत् । प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम् ॥ १८ ॥gatirbhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṁ suhṛt, prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṁ nidhānaṁ bījamavyayam.I the path and goal, the upholder, the master, the witness, the house and country, the refuge, the benignant…
  19. 9·19तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च । अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन ॥ १९ ॥tapāmyahamahaṁ varṣaṁ nigṛhṇāmyutsṛjāmi ca, amṛtaṁ caiva mṛtyuśca sadasaccāhamarjuna.I give heat, I withhold and send forth the rain; immortality and also death, existent and non-existent am I, O…
  20. 9·20त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापा यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते । ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोक- मश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान् ॥ २० ॥traividyā māṁ somapāḥ pūtapāpā yajñairiṣṭvā svargatiṁ prārthayante, te puṇyamāsādya surendraloka - maśnanti divyāndivi devabhogān.The Knowers of the triple Veda, who drink the soma-wine, purify themselves from sin, worshipping Me with…
  21. 9·21ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति । एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते ॥ २१ ॥te taṁ bhuktvā svargalokaṁ viśālaṁ kṣīṇe puṇye martyalokaṁ viśanti, evaṁ trayīdharmamanuprapannā gatāgataṁ kāmakāmā labhante.They, having enjoyed heavenly worlds of larger felicities, the reward of their good deeds exhausted, return to…
  22. 9·22अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते । तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥ २२ ॥ananyāścintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate, teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yogakṣemaṁ vahāmyaham.To those men who worship Me making Me alone the whole object of their thought, to those constantly in Yoga…
  23. 9·23येऽप्यन्यदेवताभक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः । तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम् ॥ २३ ॥ye’pyanyadevatābhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ, te’pi māmeva kaunteya yajantyavidhipūrvakam.Even those who sacrifice to other godheads with devotion and faith, they also sacrifice to Me, O son of Kunti…
  24. 9·24अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च । न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते ॥ २४ ॥ahaṁ hi sarvayajñānāṁ bhoktā ca prabhureva ca, na tu māmabhijānanti tattvenātaścyavanti te.It is I myself who am the enjoyer and the Lord of all sacrifices, but they do not know Me in the true…
  25. 9·25यान्ति देवव्रता देवान्पितॄन्यान्ति पितृव्रताः । भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम् ॥ २५ ॥yānti devavratā devānpitṝnyānti pitṛvratāḥ, bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti madyājino’pi mām.They who worship the gods go to the gods, to the (divinised) Ancestors go the Ancestor-worshippers, to…
  26. 9·26, a key verseपत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति । तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ॥ २६ ॥patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati, tadahaṁ bhaktyupahṛtamaśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ.He who offers to Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, a cup of water, that offering of love from the…
  27. 9·27, a key verseयत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् । यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥ २७ ॥yatkaroṣi yadaśnāsi yajjuhoṣi dadāsi yat, yattapasyasi kaunteya tatkuruṣva madarpaṇam.Whatever thou doest, whatever thou enjoyest, whatever thou sacrificest, whatever thou givest, whatever energy…
  28. 9·28शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः । संन्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि ॥ २८ ॥śubhāśubhaphalairevaṁ mokṣyase karmabandhanaiḥ, saṁnyāsayogayuktātmā vimukto māmupaiṣyasi.Thus shalt thou be liberated from good and evil results which constitute the bonds of action…
  29. 9·29, a key verseसमोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः । ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् ॥ २९ ॥samo’haṁ sarvabhūteṣu na me dveṣyo’sti na priyaḥ, ye bhajanti tu māṁ bhaktyā mayi te teṣu cāpyaham.I (the Eternal Inhabitant) am equal in all existences, none is dear to Me, none hated…
  30. 9·30, a key verseअपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक् । साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः ॥ ३० ॥api cetsudurācāro bhajate māmananyabhāk, sādhureva sa mantavyaḥ samyagvyavasito hi saḥ.If even a man of very evil conduct turns to Me with a sole and entire love, he must be regarded as a saint…
  31. 9·31क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति । कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति ॥ ३१ ॥kṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvacchāntiṁ nigacchati, kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati.Swiftly he becomes a soul of righteousness and obtains eternal peace.
  32. 9·32मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः । स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥ ३२ ॥māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye’pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ, striyo vaiśyāstathā śūdrāste’pi yānti parāṁ gatim.Those who take refuge with Me, O Partha, though outcastes, born from a womb of sin, women, Vaishyas, even…
  33. 9·33किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा । अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम् ॥ ३३ ॥kiṁ punarbrāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayastathā, anityamasukhaṁ lokamimaṁ prāpya bhajasva mām.How much rather then holy Brahmins and devoted king-sages…
  34. 9·34मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु । मामेवैष्यसि युक्त्वैवमात्मानं मत्परायणः ॥ ३४ ॥manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṁ namaskuru, māmevaiṣyasi yuktvaivamātmānaṁ matparāyaṇaḥ.Become my minded, my lover and adorer, a sacrificer to me, bow thyself to me, thus united with me in the Self…

End of the chapter

ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सुब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादेराजविद्याराजगुह्ययोगो नाम नवमोऽध्यायः ॥ ९॥

om tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāderājavidyārājaguhyayogo nāma navamo’dhyāyaḥ

Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord, the science of Brahman, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the ninth chapter entitled “The Yoga of Supreme Knowledge and Supreme Secret”

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