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.
