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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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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
Illustration · Sushanto Nath, Sri Aurobindo Society

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

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Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 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…
  2. 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…
  3. 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…
  4. 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…
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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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