Srimad Bhagavad Gita : Chapter-9
Raja-Vidya-Raja-Guhya-Yoga : The Kingly Science and The Kingly Secret
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Shri Krishna continues his statement of "the Royal Secret, the final wisdom," the possession of which confers Immortality, viz. the recognition of and devotion to the Supreme Self - also describes the results of devotion to minor personal Gods (Ishvaras of systems).
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The Blessed Lord said :
To thee, the uncarping, verily shall I declare this profoundest Secret, wisdom with knowledge combined, which, having known, thou shalt be freed from evil. (1)
Kingly Science, kingly Secret, supreme Purifier, this, intuitional, according to righteousness, very easy to perform, imperishable. (2)
Men without faith in this knowledge, O Parantapa, not reaching Me, return to the paths of this world of death. (3)
By Me all this world is pervaded in My unmanifested aspect; all beings have root in Me, I am not rooted in them. (4)
Nor have beings root in Me; behold My sovereign yoga ! The support of beings, yet not rooted in beings, My SELF their efficient cause. (5)
As the mighty air everywhere moving is rooted in the Akasha, so all beings rest rooted in Me — thus know thou. (6)
All beings, O Kaunteya, enter My lower nature at the end of a world-age; at the beginning of a world-age again I emanate them. (7)
Hidden in Nature ("Prakriti"), which is Mine own, I emanate forth again and again all this multitude of beings, helpless, by the force of Nature. (8)
Nor do these works bind me, O Dhananjaya, enthroned on high, unattached to actions. (9)
Under Me, as supervisor, Nature sends forth the moving and unmoving; because of this, O Kaunteya, the universe revolves. (10)
The foolish disregard Me, when clad in human semblance, ignorant of My supreme nature, the great Lord of beings; (11)
Empty of hope, empty of deeds, empty of wisdom, senseless, partaking of the deceitful, brutal, and demoniacal nature. (12)
Verily the Mahatmas, O Partha, partaking of My divine nature, worship with unwavering mind, having known Me, the imperishable source of beings. (13)
Always magnifying Me, strenuous, firm in vows, prostrating themselves before Me, they worship Me with devotion, ever harmonised. (14)
Others also sacrificing with the sacrifice of wisdom, worship Me as the One and the Manifold everywhere present. (15)
I the oblation; I the sacrifice; I the ancestral offering; I the fire-giving herb; the mantra I; I also the butter; I the fire; the burnt-offering I; (16)
I the Father of this universe, the Mother, the Supporter, the Grandsire, the Holy One to be known, the Word of Power, and also the Rik, Sama, and Yajur, (17)
The Path, Husband, Lord, Witness, Abode, Shelter, Lover, Origin, Dissolution, Foundation, Treasure-house, Seed imperishable. (18)
I give heat; I hold back and send forth the rain; immortality and also death, being and non-being am I, Arjuna. (19)
The knowers of the three, the Soma*-drinkers, the purified from sin, worshipping Me with sacrifice, pray of Me the way to heaven; they, ascending to the holy world of the Ruler of the Shining Ones, eat in heaven the divine feasts of the Shining Ones. (20)
Alternate version of first part of shloka-20
The knowers of the three sciences i.e. Vedas, after worshipping Me drinks the Soma* which was offered as sacrifice, and thus getting purified from sin, pray of Me the way to heaven;...
They, having enjoyed the spacious heaven-world, their holiness withered, come back to this world of death. Following the virtues enjoined by the three (Vedas), desiring desires, they obtain the transitory. (21)
To those men who worship Me alone, thinking of no other, to those, ever harmonious, I bring full security. (22)
Even the devotees of other Shining Ones who worship full of faith, they also worship Me, O son of Kunti, though contrary to the ancient rule. (23)
I am indeed the enjoyer of all sacrifices, and also the Lord, but they know Me not in Essence, and hence they fall. (24)
They who worship the Shining Ones go to the Shining Ones; to the ancestors go the ancestor-worshippers; to the Elementals go those who sacrifice to Elementals; but My worshippers come unto Me. (25)
He who offereth to Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, water, that I accept from the striving self, offered as it is with devotion. (26)
Whatsoever thou doest, whatsoever thou eatest, whatsoever thou offerest, whatsoever thou givest, whatsoever thou doest of austerity, O Kaunteya, do thou that as an offering unto Me. (27)
Thus shalt thou be liberated from the bonds of action, yielding good and evil fruits; thyself harmonised by the yoga of renunciation, thou shalt come unto Me when set free. (28)
The same am I to all beings; there is none hateful to Me nor dear. They verily who worship Me with devotion, they are in Me, and I also in them. (29)
Even if the most sinful worship Me, with undivided heart, he too must be accounted righteous, for he hath rightly resolved; (30)
Speedily he becometh dutiful and goeth to eternal peace. O Kaunteya, know thou for certain that My devotee perisheth never. (31)
They who take refuge with Me, O Partha, though of the womb ("yoni" | योनि)* of sin, women, Vaishyas, even Shudras, they also tread the highest Path. (32)
How much rather then holy Brahmanas and devoted royal saints; having obtained this transient joyless world, worship thou Me. (33)
On Me fix thy mind; be devoted to Me; sacrifice to Me; prostrate thyself before Me; harmonised thus in the SELF, thou shalt come unto Me, having Me as thy supreme goal. (34)
Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad-Gita, the science of the ETERNAL, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Shri Krishna and Arjuna, the ninth discourse, entitled :
THE YOGA OF THE KINGLY SCIENCE AND THE KINGLY SECRET.
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20) Soma (sauma) = a Vedic ritual drink
32) Literally, womb = "garva" (गर्भ). It also means foetus/embryo
"Yoni" (योनि) = vagina / source / birth or racial origin
Hence, both womb & "yoni" relates to birth ("janma" | (जन्म).
Please refer to foot-notes of Chapter-1 for further discussions on this verse w.r.t "caste".
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"The Bhagavad Gita" by Annie Besant and Bhagavan Das, 1905
संस्कृत श्लोक - Sanskrit Gita-9
বাংলা অনুবাদ - Bengali Gita-9
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