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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Love.

Bhagwad Gita - Post 103

THE YOGA OF THE KINGLY SCIENCE & THE KINGLY SECRET

Summary of Ninth Discourse

The Ninth Chapter is something like the Seventh Chapter. Practically, the Ninth Chapter is a continuation of the very same theme that we had in the Seventh Chapter, with the Eighth Chapter in between with its message of it being necessary for us to know what will happen to us after death even if we are highly religious people. The Ninth Chapter is a highly religious scripture by itself.

Observing that Arjuna was a qualified aspirant and endowed with faith, Krishna declares to him the sovereign knowledge and sovereign secret that is to be known by direct experience. He adds that without faith in this knowledge man fails to reach God and is reborn to suffer.

Now the Lord proceeds to describe His nature as the eternal, all-comprehensive Truth. He is everything that is invisible and visible. He pervades everything that exists. He creates everything, sustains everything, and when final dissolution takes place, absorbs everything into Himself. He manifests them again when the next creation begins. 

All beings who are ignorant of this knowledge are caught helplessly in the cycle of birth and death. In the midst of this creation, preservation and dissolution of the universe, the Lord stands as a silent witness, unaffected and unattached. He is the sole director, sustainer and supervisor of His Cosmic Prakriti.

Ignorant beings are not able to recognize the Lord in one who has realized Him. Although these cruel beings assume a human form, their nature is that of demons. The God-realized Mahatma, on the other hand, is a man of knowledge, and perceives Him indwelling all beings and creatures. He beholds the underlying unity of existence in all names and forms. 

The Lord’s divine protection is assured to all those who take refuge in Him. Whatever path a devotee follows, he ultimately reaches Him. He is the goal of the various methods of spiritual practice. Devotion, Sri Krishna emphasizes, is the essence of all spiritual discipline. If this supreme element is present, then the devotee is freed from bondage. 

The Lord observes the motive and degree of devotion. Even the most sinful and diabolical man, if he takes a radical turn towards the path of righteousness and truth, reaches the Lord. Whatever vocation one follows, one can attain the Lord if one seeks earnestly and with loving devotion. The essential thing is to fix the mind on the Lord and dedicate everything unto Him—one’s body, mind, actions, emotion and will.

Love.