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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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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. 9·20त्रैविद्या 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…
  2. 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…
  3. 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…
  4. 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…
  5. 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…
  6. 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…
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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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