Bhagwad Gita - Post 106

IX. THE YOGA OF THE KINGLY SCIENCE & THE KINGLY SECRET

Verse 23

Ye’pyanyadevataa bhaktaa

Yajante shraddhayaa’nvitaah;

Te’pi maameva kaunteya

Yajantyavidhipoorvakam.

Even those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other gods, worship Me only, O Arjuna, but by the wrong method!

Verse 24

Aham hi sarvayajnaanaam

Bhoktaa cha prabhureva cha;

Na tu maamabhijaananti

Tattwenaatashchyavanti te.

(For) I alone am the enjoyer and also the Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know Me in essence (in reality), and hence they fall (return to this mortal world).

Verse 25

Yaanti devavrataa devaan pitreen yaanti pitrivrataah; Bhutaani yaanti bhutejyaa yaanti madyaajino’pi maam.

The worshippers of the gods go to them; to the manes go the ancestor-worshippers; to the Deities who preside over the elements go their worshippers; My devotees come to Me.

Verse 26

Patram pushpam phalam toyam

Yo me bhaktyaa prayacchati;

Tadaham bhaktyupahritamashnaami Prayataatmanah.

Whoever offers Me with devotion and a pure mind (heart), a leaf, a flower, a fruit or a little water—I accept (this offering).

Verse 27

Yatkaroshi yadashnaasi

Yajjuhoshi dadaasi yat;

Yattapasyasi kaunteya

Tatkurushva madarpanam.

Whatever thou doest, whatever thou eatest, whatever thou offerest in sacrifice, whatever thou givest, whatever thou practiseth as austerity, O Arjuna, do it as an offering unto Me!

Verse 28

Shubhaashubhaphalairevam

Mokshyase karmabandhanaih; Sannyaasayogayuktaatmaa

Vimukto maamupaishyasi.

Thus shalt thou be freed from the bonds of actions yielding good and evil fruits; with the mind steadfast in the Yoga of renunciation, and liberated, thou shalt come unto Me.

Verse 29

Samo’ham sarvabhooteshu

Na me dweshyo’sti na priyah;

Ye bhajanti tu maam bhaktyaa

Mayi te teshu chaapyaham.

The same am I to all beings; to Me there is none hateful or dear; but those who worship Me with devotion are in Me and I am also in them.

Verse 30

Api chet suduraachaaro

Bhajate maamananyabhaak;

Saadhureva sa mantavyah

Samyagvyavasito hi sah.

Even if the most sinful worships Me, with devotion to none else, he too should indeed be regarded as righteous, for he has rightly resolved.

Verse 31

Kshipram bhavati dharmaatmaa Shashwacchaantim nigacchati;

Kaunteya pratijaaneehi

Na me bhaktah pranashyati.

Soon he becomes righteous and attains to eternal peace; O Arjuna, know thou for certain that My devotee is never destroyed!

Verse 32

Maam hi paartha vyapaashritya

Ye’pi syuh paapayonayah;

Striyo vaishyaastathaa

Shoodraaste’pi yaanti paraam gatim.

For, taking refuge in Me, they also, who, O Arjuna, may be of sinful birth—women, Vaisyas as well as Sudras—attain the Supreme Goal!

Verse 33

Kim punarbraahmanaah

Punyaa bhaktaa raajarshayastathaa; Anityamasukham lokam imam

Praapya bhajaswa maam.

How much more easily then the holy Brahmins and devoted royal saints (attain the goal); having obtained this impermanent and unhappy world, do thou worship Me.

Verse 34

Manmanaa bhava madbhakto

Madyaajee maam namaskuru;

Maamevaishyasi yuktwaivamaatmaanam Matparaayanah.

Fix thy mind on Me; be devoted to Me; sacrifice unto Me; bow down to Me; having thus united thy whole self with Me, taking Me as the Supreme Goal, thou shalt verily come unto Me.

Hari Om Tat Sat

Iti Srimad Bhagavadgeetaasoopanishatsu Brahmavidyaayaam Yogashaastre Sri Krishnaarjunasamvaade

Raajavidyaa-raajaguhyayogo Naama Navamo’dhyaayah

Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the ninth discourse.

Love.