Chapter 9 · Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga

ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನುವಾಚ ಇದಂ ತು ತೇ ಗುಹ್ಯತಮಂ ಪ್ರವಕ್ಷ್ಯಾಮ್ಯನಸೂಯವೇ। ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಸಹಿತಂ ಯಜ್ಜ್ಞಾತ್ವಾ ಮೋಕ್ಷ್ಯಸೇಽಶುಭಾತ್

śhrī bhagavān uvācha idaṁ tu te guhyatamaṁ pravakṣhyāmyanasūyave jñānaṁ vijñāna-sahitaṁ yaj jñātvā mokṣhyase ’śhubhāt

📖 Meaning

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."

ರಾಜವಿದ್ಯಾ ರಾಜಗುಹ್ಯಂ ಪವಿತ್ರಮಿದಮುತ್ತಮಮ್। ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷಾವಗಮಂ ಧರ್ಮ್ಯಂ ಸುಸುಖಂ ಕರ್ತುಮವ್ಯಯಮ್

rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyaṁ pavitram idam uttamam pratyakṣhāvagamaṁ dharmyaṁ su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam

📖 Meaning

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.

ಅಶ್ರದ್ದಧಾನಾಃ ಪುರುಷಾ ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಯಾಸ್ಯ ಪರನ್ತಪ। ಅಪ್ರಾಪ್ಯ ಮಾಂ ನಿವರ್ತನ್ತೇ ಮೃತ್ಯುಸಂಸಾರವರ್ತ್ಮನಿ

aśhraddadhānāḥ puruṣhā dharmasyāsya parantapa aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛityu-samsāra-vartmani

📖 Meaning

Those who have no faith in this Dharma, O Parantapa, return to the path of this world without attaining Me.

ಮಯಾ ತತಮಿದಂ ಸರ್ವಂ ಜಗದವ್ಯಕ್ತಮೂರ್ತಿನಾ। ಮತ್ಸ್ಥಾನಿ ಸರ್ವಭೂತಾನಿ ನ ಚಾಹಂ ತೇಷ್ವವಸ್ಥಿತಃ

mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na chāhaṁ teṣhvavasthitaḥ

📖 Meaning

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

ನ ಚ ಮತ್ಸ್ಥಾನಿ ಭೂತಾನಿ ಪಶ್ಯ ಮೇ ಯೋಗಮೈಶ್ವರಮ್। ಭೂತಭೃನ್ನ ಚ ಭೂತಸ್ಥೋ ಮಮಾತ್ಮಾ ಭೂತಭಾವನಃ

na cha mat-sthāni bhūtāni paśhya me yogam aiśhwaram bhūta-bhṛin na cha bhūta-stho mamātmā bhūta-bhāvanaḥ

📖 Meaning

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.

ಯಥಾಽಽಕಾಶಸ್ಥಿತೋ ನಿತ್ಯಂ ವಾಯುಃ ಸರ್ವತ್ರಗೋ ಮಹಾನ್। ತಥಾ ಸರ್ವಾಣಿ ಭೂತಾನಿ ಮತ್ಸ್ಥಾನೀತ್ಯುಪಧಾರಯ

yathākāśha-sthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatra-go mahān tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni mat-sthānītyupadhāraya

📖 Meaning

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

ಸರ್ವಭೂತಾನಿ ಕೌನ್ತೇಯ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಂ ಯಾನ್ತಿ ಮಾಮಿಕಾಮ್। ಕಲ್ಪಕ್ಷಯೇ ಪುನಸ್ತಾನಿ ಕಲ್ಪಾದೌ ವಿಸೃಜಾಮ್ಯಹಮ್

sarva-bhūtāni kaunteya prakṛitiṁ yānti māmikām kalpa-kṣhaye punas tāni kalpādau visṛijāmyaham

📖 Meaning

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.

ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಂ ಸ್ವಾಮವಷ್ಟಭ್ಯ ವಿಸೃಜಾಮಿ ಪುನಃ ಪುನಃ। ಭೂತಗ್ರಾಮಮಿಮಂ ಕೃತ್ಸ್ನಮವಶಂ ಪ್ರಕೃತೇರ್ವಶಾತ್

prakṛitiṁ svām avaṣhṭabhya visṛijāmi punaḥ punaḥ bhūta-grāmam imaṁ kṛitsnam avaśhaṁ prakṛiter vaśhāt

📖 Meaning

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

ನ ಚ ಮಾಂ ತಾನಿ ಕರ್ಮಾಣಿ ನಿಬಧ್ನನ್ತಿ ಧನಞ್ಜಯ। ಉದಾಸೀನವದಾಸೀನಮಸಕ್ತಂ ತೇಷು ಕರ್ಮಸು

na cha māṁ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya udāsīna-vad āsīnam asaktaṁ teṣhu karmasu

📖 Meaning

These acts do not bind Me, O Arjuna, sitting as one indifferent, unattached to those acts.

ಮಯಾಽಧ್ಯಕ್ಷೇಣ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಃ ಸೂಯತೇ ಸಚರಾಚರಮ್। ಹೇತುನಾಽನೇನ ಕೌನ್ತೇಯ ಜಗದ್ವಿಪರಿವರ್ತತೇ

mayādhyakṣheṇa prakṛitiḥ sūyate sa-charācharam hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate

📖 Meaning

Under Me, as supervisor, Nature produces the moving and the unmoving; therefore, O Arjuna, the world revolves.

ಅವಜಾನನ್ತಿ ಮಾಂ ಮೂಢಾ ಮಾನುಷೀಂ ತನುಮಾಶ್ರಿತಮ್। ಪರಂ ಭಾವಮಜಾನನ್ತೋ ಮಮ ಭೂತಮಹೇಶ್ವರಮ್

avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣhīṁ tanum āśhritam paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśhvaram

📖 Meaning

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

ಮೋಘಾಶಾ ಮೋಘಕರ್ಮಾಣೋ ಮೋಘಜ್ಞಾನಾ ವಿಚೇತಸಃ। ರಾಕ್ಷಸೀಮಾಸುರೀಂ ಚೈವ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಂ ಮೋಹಿನೀಂ ಶ್ರಿತಾಃ

moghāśhā mogha-karmāṇo mogha-jñānā vichetasaḥ rākṣhasīm āsurīṁ chaiva prakṛitiṁ mohinīṁ śhritāḥ

📖 Meaning

They are possessed of the deceitful nature of demons and undivine beings, filled with vain hopes, vain actions, and vain knowledge that is senseless.

ಮಹಾತ್ಮಾನಸ್ತು ಮಾಂ ಪಾರ್ಥ ದೈವೀಂ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಮಾಶ್ರಿತಾಃ। ಭಜನ್ತ್ಯನನ್ಯಮನಸೋ ಜ್ಞಾತ್ವಾ ಭೂತಾದಿಮವ್ಯಯಮ್

mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛitim āśhritāḥ bhajantyananya-manaso jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam

📖 Meaning

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.

ಸತತಂ ಕೀರ್ತಯನ್ತೋ ಮಾಂ ಯತನ್ತಶ್ಚ ದೃಢವ್ರತಾಃ। ನಮಸ್ಯನ್ತಶ್ಚ ಮಾಂ ಭಕ್ತ್ಯಾ ನಿತ್ಯಯುಕ್ತಾ ಉಪಾಸತೇ

satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaśh cha dṛiḍha-vratāḥ namasyantaśh cha māṁ bhaktyā nitya-yuktā upāsate

📖 Meaning

Always glorifying Me, striving, firm in their vows, prostrating themselves before Me, they worship Me with steadfast devotion.

ಜ್ಞಾನಯಜ್ಞೇನ ಚಾಪ್ಯನ್ಯೇ ಯಜನ್ತೋ ಮಾಮುಪಾಸತೇ। ಏಕತ್ವೇನ ಪೃಥಕ್ತ್ವೇನ ಬಹುಧಾ ವಿಶ್ವತೋಮುಖಮ್

jñāna-yajñena chāpyanye yajanto mām upāsate ekatvena pṛithaktvena bahudhā viśhvato-mukham

📖 Meaning

Others also, sacrificing with the wisdom-sacrifice, worship Me, the All-Faced, as one, distinct, and manifold.

ಅಹಂ ಕ್ರತುರಹಂ ಯಜ್ಞಃ ಸ್ವಧಾಽಹಮಹಮೌಷಧಮ್। ಮಂತ್ರೋಽಹಮಹಮೇವಾಜ್ಯಮಹಮಗ್ನಿರಹಂ ಹುತಮ್

ahaṁ kratur ahaṁ yajñaḥ svadhāham aham auṣhadham mantro ’ham aham evājyam aham agnir ahaṁ hutam

📖 Meaning

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.

ಪಿತಾಽಹಮಸ್ಯ ಜಗತೋ ಮಾತಾ ಧಾತಾ ಪಿತಾಮಹಃ। ವೇದ್ಯಂ ಪವಿತ್ರಮೋಂಕಾರ ಋಕ್ ಸಾಮ ಯಜುರೇವ ಚ

pitāham asya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ vedyaṁ pavitram oṁkāra ṛik sāma yajur eva cha

📖 Meaning

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.

ಗತಿರ್ಭರ್ತಾ ಪ್ರಭುಃ ಸಾಕ್ಷೀ ನಿವಾಸಃ ಶರಣಂ ಸುಹೃತ್। ಪ್ರಭವಃ ಪ್ರಲಯಃ ಸ್ಥಾನಂ ನಿಧಾನಂ ಬೀಜಮವ್ಯಯಮ್

gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣhī nivāsaḥ śharaṇaṁ suhṛit prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṁ nidhānaṁ bījam avyayam

📖 Meaning

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.

ತಪಾಮ್ಯಹಮಹಂ ವರ್ಷಂ ನಿಗೃಹ್ಣಾಮ್ಯುತ್ಸೃಜಾಮಿ ಚ। ಅಮೃತಂ ಚೈವ ಮೃತ್ಯುಶ್ಚ ಸದಸಚ್ಚಾಹಮರ್ಜುನ

tapāmyaham ahaṁ varṣhaṁ nigṛihṇāmyutsṛijāmi cha amṛitaṁ chaiva mṛityuśh cha sad asach chāham arjuna

📖 Meaning

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.

ತ್ರೈವಿದ್ಯಾ ಮಾಂ ಸೋಮಪಾಃ ಪೂತಪಾಪಾ ಯಜ್ಞೈರಿಷ್ಟ್ವಾ ಸ್ವರ್ಗತಿಂ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥಯನ್ತೇ। ತೇ ಪುಣ್ಯಮಾಸಾದ್ಯ ಸುರೇನ್ದ್ರಲೋಕ ಮಶ್ನನ್ತಿ ದಿವ್ಯಾನ್ದಿವಿ ದೇವಭೋಗಾನ್

trai-vidyā māṁ soma-pāḥ pūta-pāpā yajñair iṣhṭvā svar-gatiṁ prārthayante te puṇyam āsādya surendra-lokam aśhnanti divyān divi deva-bhogān

📖 Meaning

The 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.

ತೇ ತಂ ಭುಕ್ತ್ವಾ ಸ್ವರ್ಗಲೋಕಂ ವಿಶಾಲಂ ಕ್ಷೀಣೇ ಪುಣ್ಯೇ ಮರ್ತ್ಯಲೋಕಂ ವಿಶನ್ತಿ। ಏವ ತ್ರಯೀಧರ್ಮಮನುಪ್ರಪನ್ನಾ ಗತಾಗತಂ ಕಾಮಕಾಮಾ ಲಭನ್ತೇ

te taṁ bhuktvā swarga-lokaṁ viśhālaṁ kṣhīṇe puṇye martya-lokaṁ viśhanti evaṁ trayī-dharmam anuprapannā gatāgataṁ kāma-kāmā labhante

📖 Meaning

They, 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.

ಅನನ್ಯಾಶ್ಚಿನ್ತಯನ್ತೋ ಮಾಂ ಯೇ ಜನಾಃ ಪರ್ಯುಪಾಸತೇ। ತೇಷಾಂ ನಿತ್ಯಾಭಿಯುಕ್ತಾನಾಂ ಯೋಗಕ್ಷೇಮಂ ವಹಾಮ್ಯಹಮ್

ananyāśh chintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate teṣhāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣhemaṁ vahāmyaham

📖 Meaning

For those men who worship Me alone, thinking of no one else, for those ever-united, I secure what they have not already possessed and preserve what they already possess.

ಯೇಽಪ್ಯನ್ಯದೇವತಾ ಭಕ್ತಾ ಯಜನ್ತೇ ಶ್ರದ್ಧಯಾಽನ್ವಿತಾಃ। ತೇಽಪಿ ಮಾಮೇವ ಕೌನ್ತೇಯ ಯಜನ್ತ್ಯವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕಮ್

ye ’pyanya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śhraddhayānvitāḥ te ’pi mām eva kaunteya yajantyavidhi-pūrvakam

📖 Meaning

Even those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other gods, worship Me alone, O Arjuna, but by the wrong method.

ಅಹಂ ಹಿ ಸರ್ವಯಜ್ಞಾನಾಂ ಭೋಕ್ತಾ ಚ ಪ್ರಭುರೇವ ಚ। ನ ತು ಮಾಮಭಿಜಾನನ್ತಿ ತತ್ತ್ವೇನಾತಶ್ಚ್ಯವನ್ತಿ ತೇ

ahaṁ hi sarva-yajñānāṁ bhoktā cha prabhureva cha na tu mām abhijānanti tattvenātaśh chyavanti te

📖 Meaning

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.

ಯಾನ್ತಿ ದೇವವ್ರತಾ ದೇವಾನ್ ಪಿತೃ಼ನ್ಯಾನ್ತಿ ಪಿತೃವ್ರತಾಃ। ಭೂತಾನಿ ಯಾನ್ತಿ ಭೂತೇಜ್ಯಾ ಯಾನ್ತಿ ಮದ್ಯಾಜಿನೋಽಪಿ ಮಾಮ್

yānti deva-vratā devān pitṝīn yānti pitṛi-vratāḥ bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti mad-yājino ’pi mām

📖 Meaning

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.

ಪತ್ರಂ ಪುಷ್ಪಂ ಫಲಂ ತೋಯಂ ಯೋ ಮೇ ಭಕ್ತ್ಯಾ ಪ್ರಯಚ್ಛತಿ। ತದಹಂ ಭಕ್ತ್ಯುಪಹೃತಮಶ್ನಾಮಿ ಪ್ರಯತಾತ್ಮನಃ

patraṁ puṣhpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayachchhati tadahaṁ bhaktyupahṛitam aśhnāmi prayatātmanaḥ

📖 Meaning

Whoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or a little water, that, so offered devotedly by the pure-minded, I accept.

ಯತ್ಕರೋಷಿ ಯದಶ್ನಾಸಿ ಯಜ್ಜುಹೋಷಿ ದದಾಸಿ ಯತ್। ಯತ್ತಪಸ್ಯಸಿ ಕೌನ್ತೇಯ ತತ್ಕುರುಷ್ವ ಮದರ್ಪಣಮ್

yat karoṣhi yad aśhnāsi yaj juhoṣhi dadāsi yat yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣhva mad-arpaṇam

📖 Meaning

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.

ಶುಭಾಶುಭಫಲೈರೇವಂ ಮೋಕ್ಷ್ಯಸೇ ಕರ್ಮಬನ್ಧನೈಃ। ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಯೋಗಯುಕ್ತಾತ್ಮಾ ವಿಮುಕ್ತೋ ಮಾಮುಪೈಷ್ಯಸಿ

śhubhāśhubha-phalair evaṁ mokṣhyase karma-bandhanaiḥ sannyāsa-yoga-yuktātmā vimukto mām upaiṣhyasi

📖 Meaning

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.

ಸಮೋಽಹಂ ಸರ್ವಭೂತೇಷು ನ ಮೇ ದ್ವೇಷ್ಯೋಽಸ್ತಿ ನ ಪ್ರಿಯಃ। ಯೇ ಭಜನ್ತಿ ತು ಮಾಂ ಭಕ್ತ್ಯಾ ಮಯಿ ತೇ ತೇಷು ಚಾಪ್ಯಹಮ್

samo ’haṁ sarva-bhūteṣhu na me dveṣhyo ’sti na priyaḥ ye bhajanti tu māṁ bhaktyā mayi te teṣhu chāpyaham

📖 Meaning

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.

ಅಪಿ ಚೇತ್ಸುದುರಾಚಾರೋ ಭಜತೇ ಮಾಮನನ್ಯಭಾಕ್। ಸಾಧುರೇವ ಸ ಮನ್ತವ್ಯಃ ಸಮ್ಯಗ್ವ್ಯವಸಿತೋ ಹಿ ಸಃ

api chet su-durāchāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi saḥ

📖 Meaning

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.

ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ರಂ ಭವತಿ ಧರ್ಮಾತ್ಮಾ ಶಶ್ವಚ್ಛಾನ್ತಿಂ ನಿಗಚ್ಛತಿ। ಕೌನ್ತೇಯ ಪ್ರತಿಜಾನೀಹಿ ನ ಮೇ ಭಕ್ತಃ ಪ್ರಣಶ್ಯತಿ

kṣhipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā śhaśhvach-chhāntiṁ nigachchhati kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśhyati

📖 Meaning

Soon he becomes righteous and attains eternal peace; O Arjuna, proclaim thou for certain that My devotee never perishes.

ಮಾಂ ಹಿ ಪಾರ್ಥ ವ್ಯಪಾಶ್ರಿತ್ಯ ಯೇಽಪಿ ಸ್ಯುಃ ಪಾಪಯೋನಯಃ। ಸ್ತ್ರಿಯೋ ವೈಶ್ಯಾಸ್ತಥಾ ಶೂದ್ರಾಸ್ತೇಽಪಿ ಯಾನ್ತಿ ಪರಾಂ ಗತಿಮ್

māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśhritya ye ’pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ striyo vaiśhyās tathā śhūdrās te ’pi yānti parāṁ gatim

📖 Meaning

For, taking refuge in Me, they who, O Arjuna, may be of a sinful birth—women, Vaisyas, and Sudras—attain the Supreme Goal.

ಕಿಂ ಪುನರ್ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಾಃ ಪುಣ್ಯಾ ಭಕ್ತಾ ರಾಜರ್ಷಯಸ್ತಥಾ। ಅನಿತ್ಯಮಸುಖಂ ಲೋಕಮಿಮಂ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ಯ ಭಜಸ್ವ ಮಾಮ್

kiṁ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣhayas tathā anityam asukhaṁ lokam imaṁ prāpya bhajasva mām

📖 Meaning

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.

ಮನ್ಮನಾ ಭವ ಮದ್ಭಕ್ತೋ ಮದ್ಯಾಜೀ ಮಾಂ ನಮಸ್ಕುರು। ಮಾಮೇವೈಷ್ಯಸಿ ಯುಕ್ತ್ವೈವಮಾತ್ಮಾನಂ ಮತ್ಪರಾಯಣಃ

man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru mām evaiṣhyasi yuktvaivam ātmānaṁ mat-parāyaṇaḥ

📖 Meaning

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.