Chapter 9 · 34 verses

राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग

Rāja Vidyā Rāja Guhya Yoga

The Yoga of Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret

Krishna reveals the most confidential knowledge — that all beings rest in him though he is not bound by them. He promises that sincere, loving devotion redeems even the fallen, and that whatever is offered with love he accepts.

Theme: The sovereign science of loving devotion

All Shlokas (Shloka 1–34)

34 verses

9.1
श्री भगवानुवाचThe 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."
9.2
राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम्।This is the royal science, the royal secret, the supreme purifier, realizable by direct intuitive knowledge, according to righteousness, very easy to perform and imperishable.
9.3
अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप।Those who have no faith in this Dharma, O Parantapa, return to the path of this world without attaining Me.
9.4
मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना।All of this world is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest aspect; all beings exist within Me, but I do not dwell within them.
9.5
न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्।Nor do beings exist in Me (in reality); behold, My divine Yoga, which supports all beings, but does not dwell in them, is My Self, the efficient cause of beings.
9.6
यथाऽऽकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्।As the mighty wind, moving everywhere, always rests in the ether, so too, know that all beings rest in Me.
9.7
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।All beings, O Arjuna, go into My Nature at the end of a Kalpa; I send them forth again at the beginning of the next Kalpa.
9.8
प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः।Animating My Nature, I again and again send forth all this multitude of beings, helpless under the force of Nature.
9.9
न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय।These acts do not bind Me, O Arjuna, sitting as one indifferent, unattached to those acts.
9.10
मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्।Under Me, as supervisor, Nature produces the moving and the unmoving; therefore, O Arjuna, the world revolves.
9.11
अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्।Fools disregard Me, clad in human form, not knowing My higher Being as the great Lord of all beings.
9.12
मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः।They are possessed of the deceitful nature of demons and undivine beings, filled with vain hopes, vain actions, and vain knowledge that is senseless.
9.13
महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः।But the great souls, O Arjuna, partaking of My divine nature, worship Me with a single-minded devotion, knowing Me as the imperishable source of all beings.
9.14
सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः।Always glorifying Me, striving, firm in their vows, prostrating themselves before Me, they worship Me with steadfast devotion.
9.15
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।Others also, sacrificing with the wisdom-sacrifice, worship Me, the All-Faced, as one, distinct, and manifold.
9.16
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।I am Kratu; I am Yajna; I am the offering to the manes; I am the medicinal herbs and all plants; I am the Mantra; I am also the ghee or melted butter; I am the fire; I am the oblation.
9.17
पिताऽहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः।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 Rik, Sama, and Yajur Vedas.
9.18
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्।I am the goal, the supporter, the Lord, the witness, the abode, the shelter, the friend, the origin, the dissolution, the foundation, the treasure-house, and the imperishable seed.
9.19
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।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.
9.20
त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापाThe knowers of the three Vedas, the drinkers of Soma, purified of all sins, worshipping Me through sacrifices, pray for the way to heaven; they reach the holy world of the Lord of the gods and enjoy the divine pleasures of the gods in heaven.
9.21
ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालंThey, having enjoyed the vast heaven, enter the world of mortals when their merit is exhausted; thus abiding by the injunctions of the three (Vedas) and desiring objects of desires, they attain to the state of coming and going.
9.22
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते ।To those who worship me alone, thinking of no other, ever steadfast, I bring what they lack and preserve what they have (yoga-kshema).
9.23
येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः।Even those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other gods, worship Me alone, O Arjuna, but by the wrong method.
9.24
अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।For I alone am the enjoyer and Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know Me in reality, and thus they return to this mortal world.
9.25
यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितृ़न्यान्ति पितृव्रताः।The worshippers of the gods go to them; the ancestor-worshippers go to the manes; the worshippers of the deities who preside over the elements go to them; but My devotees come to Me.
9.26
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।Whoever offers me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water — that offering of love, from a pure-hearted person, I accept.
9.27
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्।Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever austerity you practice, O Arjuna, do it as an offering to Me.
9.28
शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः।Thus, you shall be freed from the bonds of actions yielding good and evil fruits; with the mind steadfast in the Yoga of renunciation, and liberated, you shall come to Me.
9.29
समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः।I am the same to all beings; there is none hateful or dear to Me; but those who worship Me with devotion are in Me, and I am also in them.
9.30
अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक्।Even if the most sinful worships Me, with devotion to no one else, he should indeed be regarded as righteous, for he has rightly resolved.
9.31
क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति।Soon he becomes righteous and attains eternal peace; O Arjuna, proclaim thou for certain that My devotee never perishes.
9.32
मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः।For, taking refuge in Me, they who, O Arjuna, may be of a sinful birth—women, Vaisyas, and Sudras—attain the Supreme Goal.
9.33
किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा।How much more easily, then, do Brahmins and devoted royal saints attain the goal? Having come to this impermanent and unhappy world, do thou worship Me.
9.34
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु।Fix your mind on Me; be devoted to Me; sacrifice to Me; bow down to Me; having thus united your whole self to Me, taking Me as the supreme goal, you will come to Me.