IX. THE YOGA OF THE KINGLY SCIENCE &
THE KINGLY SECRET
Verse 12
Moghaashaa moghakarmaano
Moghajnaanaa vichetasah;
Raakshaseemaasureem chaiva
Prakritim mohineem shritaah.
Of vain hopes, of vain actions, of vain knowledge
and senseless, they verily are possessed of the deceitful nature of demons and
undivine beings.
Verse 13
Mahaatmaanastu maam paartha
Daiveem prakritimaashritaah; Bhajantyananyamanaso jnaatwaa Bhootaadimavyayam.
But the great
souls, O Arjuna,
partaking of My divine nature,
worship Me with a single mind (with the mind devoted to
nothing else), knowing Me as the imperishable source of beings!
Verse 14
Satatam keertayanto maam
Yatantashcha dridhavrataah;
Namasyantashcha maam
Bhaktyaa nityayuktaa upaasate.
Always glorifying Me, striving, firm in vows,
prostrating before Me, they worship Me with
devotion, ever steadfast.
Verse 15
Jnaanayajnena chaapyanye
Yajanto maamupaasate;
Ekatwena prithaktwena
Bahudhaa vishwatomukham.
Others also, sacrificing with the wisdom-sacrifice, worship Me, the all-faced, as one, as distinct,
and as manifold.
Verse 16
Aham kraturaham yajnah Swadhaa’hamahamaushadham;
Mantro’hamahamevaajyam
Ahamagniraham hutam.
I am the Kratu; I am the Yajna; I am the offering (food) to the manes; I am the medicinal
herb and all the plants;
I am the Mantra; I am also the ghee or melted
butter; I am the fire;
I am the oblation.
Verse 17
Pitaahamasya jagato maataa
Dhaataa pitaamahah;
Vedyam pavitramonkaara
Riksaama yajureva cha.
I am the father of this world, the mother, the
dispenser of the fruits of actions, and the grandfather;
the (one) thing to be known, the purifier, the sacred monosyllable (Om), and
also the Rig-, the Sama- and Yajur Vedas.
Verse 18
Gatirbhartaa prabhuh saakshee
Nivaasah sharanam suhrit;
Prabhavah pralayah sthaanam
Nidhaanam beejamavyayam.
I am the goal, the support, the Lord, the witness,
the abode, the shelter, the friend, the origin, the dissolution, the
foundation, the treasure-house and the imperishable seed.
Verse 19
Tapaamyahamaham varsham Nigrihnaamyutsrijaami cha;
Amritam chaiva mrityushcha Sadasacchaahamarjuna.
(As the sun) I give heat; I withhold and send
forth the rain; I am immortality and also death, existence and non-existence, O
Arjuna!
Verse 20
Traividyaa maam somapaah pootapaapaa Yajnairishtwaa swargatim
praarthayante;
Te punyamaasaadya surendraloka-
Mashnanti divyaan divi devabhogaan.
The knowers of the three
Vedas, the drinkers
of Soma, purified
of all sins, worshipping Me by sacrifices, pray for the way to heaven; they reach the holy world
of the Lord of the gods and enjoy in heaven the divine pleasures
of the gods.
Verse 21
Te tam bhuktwaa swargalokam vishaalam
Ksheene punye martyalokam vishanti;
Evam trayeedharmamanuprapannaa
Gataagatam kaamakaamaa labhante.
They, having enjoyed
the vast heaven,
enter the world of mortals
when their merits are
exhausted; thus abiding by the injunctions of the three (Vedas) and desiring
(objects of) desires, they attain to the state of going and returning.
Verse 22
Ananyaashchintayanto maam
Ye janaah paryupaasate;
Teshaam nityaabhiyuktaanaam
Yogakshemam vahaamyaham.
To those men who worship
Me alone, thinking
of no other, of those ever united,
I secure what is not already possessed and preserve what they
already possess.
Continued...
Love.
