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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. 9·26, 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…
  2. 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…
  3. 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…
  4. 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…
  5. 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…
  6. 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.
  7. 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…
  8. 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…
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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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