Chapter 9 : Rajavidya Rajaguhya Yoga – अध्याय ९ : राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग

इदं तु ते गुहातमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे। ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥

Shri Bhagavan said - I will again tell you, a devotee free from fault-finding, this supreme secret knowledge along with realization, knowing which you will be liberated from the sorrowful world. ॥ 1 ॥

राजविद्या राजगुहां पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम् । प्रत्यक्षावगमं धम्र्य धम्यै सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम् ॥

This knowledge along with realization is the king of all knowledge, the king of all secrets, supremely pure, supremely excellent, directly realizable, righteous, very easy to practice, and imperishable. ॥ 2 ॥

अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप। अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि ॥

O Parantapa! Men without faith in this aforementioned Dharma, not attaining Me, revolve in the cycle of mortal existence. ॥ 3 ॥

मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना । मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः ॥

This entire world is pervaded by Me, the unmanifested form, just as ice is formed from water, and all beings exist within Me as the basis of My will, but in reality, I am not situated in them. ॥ 4 ॥

न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् । भूतभृन्त्र च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः ॥

Nor are those beings situated in Me; behold My divine power of Yoga, that My Self, which is the sustainer and originator of all beings, is not in reality situated in those beings. ॥ 5 ॥

यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्। तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय ।।

Just as the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, is always situated in the sky, similarly, know that all beings are situated in Me, having originated from My will. ॥ 6 ॥

सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्। कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् ॥

O Arjuna! At the end of the kalpas, all beings merge into My Prakriti, that is, they are dissolved into Prakriti, and at the beginning of the kalpas, I create them again. ॥ 7 ॥

प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः । भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात् ॥

Presiding over My Prakriti, I project again and again this entire multitude of beings, helpless under the control of Prakriti, according to their karma. ॥ 8 ॥

नच मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्रन्ति धनञ्जय। उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु ॥

O Arjuna! Those actions do not bind Me, who am seated as if indifferent, unattached to those actions. ॥ 9 ॥

मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम् । हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते ॥

O Arjuna! Under My guidance, Prakriti brings forth the entire universe, with all its moving and unmoving beings; it is because of this that the wheel of the world revolves. ॥ 10 ॥

अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम् । परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम् ॥

The deluded, not knowing My supreme nature as the great Lord of all beings, disregard Me when I descend in human form, that is, they consider Me, the Supreme Lord, who wanders in human form to uplift the world through My Yoga Maya, as an ordinary human being. ॥ 11 ॥

मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः । राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः ॥

Those of bewildered intellect, with vain hopes, vain actions, and vain knowledge, embrace the delusive nature of demons and the unrighteous. ॥ 12 ॥

महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः । भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम् ॥

But the great souls, O son of Kunti, endowed with divine nature, knowing Me as the imperishable source of all beings, worship Me with unwavering minds. ॥ 13 ॥

सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दूढव्रताः । नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते ।।

Constantly chanting My names and glories, striving with firm resolve, and bowing down to Me with devotion, they, ever steadfast, worship Me with unwavering love. ॥ 14 ॥

ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते। एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम् ॥

Others, performing the sacrifice of knowledge, worship Me by realizing My oneness with them, while others worship Me in various ways, as distinct from them, in My universal form with faces in all directions. ॥ 15 ॥

अहं कतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाहमहमौषधम् । मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम् ॥

I am the ritual, I am the sacrifice, I am the offering to ancestors, I am the herb, I am the mantra, I am the clarified butter, I am the fire, and I am the oblation. ॥ 16 ॥

पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः । वेद्यं पवित्रमोङ्कार ऋक्साम यजुरेव च ॥

I am the sustainer of this entire universe, the giver of the fruits of actions, the father, the mother, the grandfather, the knowable, the purifier, the sacred syllable Om, and also the Rigveda, Samaveda, and Yajurveda. ॥ 17 ॥

गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत् । प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम् ॥

I am the ultimate goal, the sustainer, the lord, the witness, the abode, the refuge, the well-wisher, the origin, the dissolution, the foundation, the treasure, and the imperishable seed. ॥ 18 ॥

तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च । अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन ॥

I give heat, I withhold and send forth the rain. O Arjuna! I am immortality and death, and also being and non-being. ॥ 18 ॥

त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापा- यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते। ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोक- मश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान् ॥ 

Those who perform the rituals prescribed in the three Vedas, drink the Soma juice, purified of sins*, worship Me through sacrifices and pray for the path to heaven; they, attaining the realm of Indra as a result of their meritorious deeds, enjoy the divine pleasures of the gods in heaven. ॥ 20 ॥

ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं- क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति । एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना- गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते ॥

Having enjoyed that vast heavenly world, they return to the mortal world when their merits are exhausted. Thus, those who follow the dharma of the three Vedas, seeking enjoyment, attain repeated coming and going, that is, they go to heaven by the power of their merits and return to the mortal world when their merits are exhausted. ॥ 21 ॥

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते । तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥

But those devotees who, meditating on Me without any other thought, worship Me with selfless devotion, I personally take care of their needs and preserve what they have. ॥ 22 ॥

येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः । तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम् ॥

Even those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other deities, O Arjuna, are in reality worshiping Me, but in an improper way, that is, with ignorance. ॥ 23 ॥

अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च। न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते ॥

For I alone am the enjoyer and the Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know Me in truth, and therefore they fall, that is, they are reborn. ॥ 24 ॥

यान्ति देवव्रता देवान्पितून्यान्ति पितृव्रताः । भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम् ॥

The worshipers of the gods go to the gods, the worshipers of the ancestors go to the ancestors, the worshipers of the spirits go to the spirits, and My worshipers come to Me alone. Therefore, My devotees are not reborn. ॥ 25 ॥

पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति । तदहं भक्त्युपहतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ॥

Whoever offers Me with love a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water, that offering of love from a pure-hearted devotee I accept with joy in My manifested form. ॥ 26 ॥

यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् । यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥

Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give in charity, and whatever austerity you perform, O Arjuna, do that as an offering to Me. ॥ 27 ॥

शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः । सन्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि ॥

In this way, with your mind steadfast in the yoga of renunciation, in which all actions are offered to Me, the Lord, you will be freed from the bonds of karma, which bear good and evil fruits, and being liberated from them, you will come to Me alone. ॥ 28 ॥

समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः । ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् ॥

I am equally present in all beings; I have no one hateful or dear to Me; but those who worship Me with love are in Me, and I am also manifest in them. ॥ 29 ॥

अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक् । साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः ॥

Even if a very wicked person worships Me with exclusive devotion, he is to be regarded as righteous, for he has made the right resolution, that is, he has firmly resolved that there is nothing else like worshiping the Supreme Lord. ॥ 30 ॥

क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति । कौन्तेय प्रति जानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति ॥

He soon becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O Arjuna! Know for certain that My devotee never perishes. ॥ 31 ॥

मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः । स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् ।।

For those who take refuge in Me, O Arjuna, though they may be of sinful birth, women, merchants, and laborers, they too attain the supreme goal. ॥ 32 ॥

किं पुनर्ब्रह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा । अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम् ॥

How much more, then, the virtuous Brahmins and the royal sages who are devotees attain the supreme goal by taking refuge in Me. Therefore, having obtained this impermanent and unhappy human body, constantly worship Me alone. ॥ 33 ॥

मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु । मामेवैष्यसि युक्त्वैवमात्मानं मत्परायणः ॥

Fix your mind on Me, be My devotee, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me. Having thus united yourself with Me, making Me your supreme goal, you shall come to Me alone. ॥ 34 ॥

ॐ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāde rājavidyārājaguhyayogo nāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ ॥ 9 ॥