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.

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Bhagwad Gita - Post 105

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.

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Bhagwad Gita - Post 104

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

Verse 1

Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:

Idam tu te guhyatamam

Pravakshyaamyanasooyave;

Jnaanam vijnaanasahitam 

Yajjnaatwaa mokshyase’shubhaat.

The Blessed Lord said:

I shall now declare to thee who does not cavil, the greatest secret, the knowledge combined with experience (Self-realisation). Having known this, thou shalt be free from evil.

Verse 2

Raajavidyaa raajaguhyam

Pavitramidamuttamam;

Pratyakshaavagamam dharmyam

Susukham kartumavyayam.

This is the kingly science, the kingly secret, the supreme purifier, realisable by direct intuitional knowledge, according to righteousness, very easy to perform and imperishable.

Verse 3

Ashraddhadhaanaah purushaa

Dharmasyaasya parantapa;

Apraapya maam nivartante Mrityusamsaaravartmani.

Those who have no faith in this Dharma (knowledge of the Self), O Parantapa (Arjuna), return to the path of this world of death without attaining Me!

Verse 4

Mayaa tatamidam sarvam

Jagadavyaktamoortinaa;

Matsthaani sarvabhootaani

Na chaaham teshvavasthitah.

All this world is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest aspect; all beings exist in Me, but I do not dwell in them.

Verse 5

Na cha matsthaani bhootaani

Pashya me yogamaishwaram;

Bhootabhrinna cha bhootastho

Mamaatmaa bhootabhaavanah.

Nor do beings exist in Me (in reality): behold My divine Yoga, supporting all beings, but not dwelling in them, is My Self, the efficient cause of beings.

Verse 6

Yathaakaashasthito nityam

Vaayuh sarvatrago mahaan;

Tathaa sarvaani bhootaani Matsthaaneetyupadhaaraya.

As the mighty wind, moving everywhere, rests always in the ether, even so, know thou that all beings rest in Me.

Verse 7

Sarvabhootaani kaunteya

Prakritim yaanti maamikaam;

Kalpakshaye punastaani

Kalpaadau visrijaamyaham.

All beings, O Arjuna, enter into My Nature at the end of a Kalpa; I send them forth again at the beginning of (the next) Kalpa!

Verse 8

Prakritim swaamavashtabhya

Visrijaami punah punah;

Bhootagraamamimam

Kritsnamavasham prakritervashaat.

Animating My Nature, I again and again send forth all this multitude of beings, helpless by the force of Nature.

Verse 9

Na cha maam taani karmaani

Nibadhnanti dhananjaya;

Udaaseenavadaaseenam

Asaktam teshu karmasu.

These actions do not bind Me, O Arjuna, sitting like one indifferent, unattached to those acts!

Verse 10

Mayaa’dhyakshena prakritih

Sooyate sacharaacharam;

Hetunaa’nena kaunteya

Jagadwiparivartate.

Under Me as supervisor, Nature produces the moving and the unmoving; because of this, O Arjuna, the world revolves!

Verse 11

Avajaananti maam moodhaah

Maanusheem tanumaashritam;

Param bhaavamajaananto

Mama bhootamaheshwaram.

Fools disregard Me, clad in human form, not knowing My higher Being as the great Lord of (all) beings.

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