CHAPTER
NO 9
The
Lord Krishna has preached the sovereign knowledge and the sovereign secret in
this chapter. Therefore, the chapter is entitled "The yoga of Sovereign
knowledge and Sovereign mystery".
Shri
bhagavan uvacha
- idam
tu te guhyatamam
pravakshyami unsayava
gyanam vigyanasahitam yat
gyatva mokshyase ashubhat
The
blessed Lords said : To you, who are free from disbelief and petty critical
attitude, I shall teach you this profoundly secret wisdom and knowledge. After
knowing this you shall be free from unholiness.
- rajavidya
rajaguhyam
pavitram idam uttamam
pratakshavagamam dharmamya
susukham kartum avyayam
This
knowledge is king among knowledge and the secret is also sovereign among
secrets, this is extremely sacred, can be experienced directly, lawful, very
easy to practice and is indestructible.
- ashraddhanah
purushah
dharmasya asya paramtap
aprapya mama vivartanta
mritya sansarvartmani
O
Arjuna, those who do not have faith in this path do no attain to me, and they
keep returning to the cycle of birth and death in the world.
- maya
tatam idam sarvam
jagat avayktamurtina
matsthani sarvabhutani na
cha aham tesu avasthitah
The
entire universe is pervaded by me in my unmanifested form. All animate beings
abide in me but I do not abide in them.
- na
cha matsthani bhutani
pashya me yogani aishwaram
bhootbhrit na cha bhutasthah
mama atma bhutbhawanah
All
the living beings do not dwell in me, Look at the effect of my creative power (yogamaya),
my soul which sustains all the beings and is the very cause of the beings, does
not dwell in them.
- yatha
akashsthitah nityam
vayuh sarvatragah mohan
tatha sarvani bhutani
matsthani iti updharaya
As
the strong air, roaming everywhere, is always present in the space, you should
know that likewise entire existence dwells in me.
- sarvabhutani
kaunteya
prakritim yanti mamikam
kalpakshaya punah tani
kalpadau visrijam aham
O
Son of kunti, (Arjuna), all living beings dissolve into my nature at the end of
the age (kalpa) and at the beginning of the cycle (kalpa) I again create them.
- prakritim
svam avastabhyah
visrijama punah punah
bhutagramam imam kritsnam
avastam prakriteh vashata
Controlling
the nature which is a manifestation of me, I create the living beings again and
again since they are in the control of nature and are helpless. (They cannot
come into existence of their own).
- na
cha mama tani karmani
nibadhananti dhamamjaya
udaseenavat asinam
asaktam tesu karmasu
Since
I am unattached and indifferent to these deeds, I am not bound by them, O Arjuna.
- maya
adhyakshena prakritih
suyate sacharacharam
hetuna anena kaunteya
jagat viparivartate
O
Arjuna, under my command nature creates all their animals and inaminate things
and for this reason the world goes on in its cycle.
- avajananti
mama mudhah
manushim tanum ashritam
param bhavam ajanantah
mama bhutama heshwaram
The
ignorants regard me as an ordinary embodied human being, as they do not know me
as the supreme lord of all the existences.
- moghashah
moghakarmavah
moghagyanah vichetasah
Rakshasim asurima cha eva
prakritim mohinima shritah
Their
hopes are vain and their actions are vain, such ignorance, adopt the nature of
the demons and monsters, they do not have discernment.
- mahtmahah
tumama partha
daivim prakritim ashritah
bhajanti ananya manasah
gyatva bhutadin avyayam
O
Arjuna, the great sages who dwell in nature, know me as the primeval cause of
all the living beings and knowing me to be imperishable, constantly worship me
single mindedly.
- satatam
kirtiyantah mama
yatantah cha dhridhavratah
namaschyantaschya mama
bhaktya nityayuktah upasate
Always
singing my praise, strict and firm in their vows, bowing down to me
worshipfully, they worship me, ever devoted.
- gyanayagyena
cha api anya
yajantah mama upasate
ekatvena prithaktvena
bahudha vishva tomukham
Some
worship me through the sacrifice of knowledge, knowing me as the only one,
others worship me regarding me manifold and as distinct (from self) and in many
other ways.
- aham
kratah aham yagyah
svadha aham aham ausadham
mamtrah aham aham eva
ajyam aham agnih dhamhutam
I
am the action in rituals and rites, I am the sacrifices, I am the oblation to
the ancestors, I am the (medicinal) herbs, shrubs etc, I am the sacred chant
(mantra), I am also purified butter (ghrita), I am the fire and the offerings in
the sacrificial fire.
- pita
ahamasya jagatah
mata dhata pitamahah
vedhyam pavitram omkarah
rik, sama, yajuh eva cha
I
am the father of this world, the mother, the grandfather and the upholder. I am
the essence of knowledge, the pure, I am the sound Aum and I am Rigaveda,
Samaveda and Yajurveda too.
- gatih
bharta prabhuh sakshi
nivasah sharanam suhrita
prabhavah pralayah sthanam
nidhanam bijamavyayam
I
am the destination, the upholder, the lord, the witness, the dwelling, the
shelter and the wellwisher. I am the beginning and the end, the ground, the
resting place and the potential cause imperishable.
- tapami
aham aham varsham
nigrihanami utsrijami cha
amritam cha eva rurituh cha
sat asat cha aham arjuna.
I
am the heat, I stop and cause the rain, I am the eternal life and also death, I
am existence as well as the non existence, O Arjuna.
- traividhya
mama somapah putapapa
yagyaih istva svargatim prarthayante
te punyam asadhya surendra lokam
ashranti divyan divi devbhogana
Those
who know the three Vedas and act in accordance with them, who drink soma juice
and are free of sin, worship me through sacrifices, pray for the heaven, reach
the holy realm of Indra (The king of gods) and enjoy the pleasures available to
gods.
- te
tam bhuktva svargalokam vishalam
kshine punye martyalokam vishanti
evam traividharmam anuprapannah
atagatama kamakamah labhante
They
enjoy the vast heavenly world, they return to the mortal world when their good
deeds run out, thereby following the words of Vedas and desiring pleasures they
remain in the cycle of repeated birth and death.
- ananyah
chintayatah mama
yejanah paryupasate
tesam nityabhiyuktanama
yogkshemam nahayamyama
Those
who worship me, meditate on me alone, who persevere, I give them what they
posses.
- ye
api anyadevatah bhaktah
yagante shradhaya abuitah
te up mama eva kaunteya
yajanti avidhipurvakam
Even
those worshipping other gods, worshipping them, faithfully, also sacrifice to me
only, O Arjuna, though not in the manner prescribed by the true law.
- aham
hih sarvayagyanama
bhokta cha prabhuh eva cha
natu mama abhijananti
tatlvena atah chavantiche
I
am the receiver and the lord of all the sacrifices. But these men do not know me
in my true element and therefore, they fall (into the mortal world).
- yanti
devavrata devan
pritanyanti pritavratah
bhutani yanti bhutejyah
yanti maddhajinah api mama
Those
who worship gods attain to those gods, worshippers of the forefathers go to
them, worshippers of spirits go to the spirits and those worshipping me get to
me alone.
- patram
pushpam phalam toyam
yah me bhaktya prayachhati
tat aham bhaktyuphritam
ashnami prayatamanah
Who
offer me, leaves, flowers, fruit or water with love, has a pure heart, I accept
his offerings.
- yat
karoshi yat ashnasi
yat juhosi dadasi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya
tat kurushva madarpanam
Whatever
you do, you eat, you offer you give away (donate) whatever penances you perform
O Arjuna as an offering to me.
- shubhashubh
phalaih evam
mokshashe karmabandhanaih
sanyasyogayuktatma
vimuktah mama upaishyasi
Thus
you shall be free from the bonds of good and evil which result from actions.
Fixing your mind firmly on the path of renunication, you shall be free and
attain to me.
- samah
ahavi sarvabhutesu na
me dveshyah asti na priyah
ye bhajanti tu mama bhaktya
mayi te su cha api aham
I
am the same in all living beings. Neither anyone is abhored by me nor anyone is
dear to me. But those who worship me devetedly are in me and I am in them.
- api
cheta suducharah
bhajate mama ananyabhak
sadhuh eva sah mantavyah
samyak vyvasitah hi sah
Even
if an errant sinner worships me with single minded devotion, he is regarded as
righteous for he has a pious resolve.
- kshipram
bhavati dharmatma
shashvat shantim nigachhati
kaunteya prati janihi na me
bhaktah pranashyati
He
becomes a virtuous soul soon and obtains eternal peace O Arjuna, you should know
that certainly my devotee never perishes.
- mama
hi partha vyapashritya
ye api shyuh papayonayah
striyo vaishyastatha shudrah
te apai yanti param gatim.
Those
who seek abode in me, O Arjuna, though may be women, Vaishyas (Businessmen) or
lowly born and Shudras, all reach the highest goals.
- kim
punah brahmanah punyah
bhaktah rajarshayah tatha
anityam asukham lokam
imam prapya bhajasva mama
Then
what to speak of the holy Brahmins and devoted royal saints, having come to this
impermament world of unhappiness, do constantly worship.
- manmanah
bhava madbhaktah
madhyaji mama namskuru
mama eva ashyasi yuktva
evam atmanam mat parayanam
Fixing
your mind on me, only be devoted to me, worship me, revere me, thus having
attuned yourself with me as your goal, you shall come to me.
"Iti" "yah"
This
is the ninth chapter entitled the Yoga of Sovereign Knowledge and Sovereign
Mystery
