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BHAGVAD-GITA
Chapter -9
"The Yoga Of Sovereign Knowledge and Sovereign Mystery"
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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". |
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Shri bhagvan Sa
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1. 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.
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2. 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. |
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3. 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.
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4. The entire universe is pervaded by me in my unmanifested form. All animate
beings abide in me but I do not abide in them. |
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5. 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.
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6. As the strong air, roaming everywhere, is always present in the space,
you should know that likewise entire existence dwells in me. |
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7. 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. |
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8. 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). |
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9. Since I am unattached and indifferent to these deeds, I am not bound
by them, O Arjuna. |
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10. O Arjuna, under my command nature creates all their animals and
inaminate things and for this reason the world goes on in its cycle. |
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11. The ignorants regard me as an ordinary embodied human being, as they
do not know me as the supreme lord of all the existences. |
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12. Their hopes are vain and their actions are vain, such ignorance,
adopt the nature of the demons and monsters, they do not have discernment. |
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13. 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. |
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14. Always singing my praise, strict and firm in their vows, bowing down
to me worshipfully, they worship me, ever devoted. |
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15. 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. |
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16. 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. |
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17. 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. |
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18. 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. |
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19. 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. |
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20. 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. |
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21. 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. |
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22. Those who worship me, meditate on me alone, who persevere, I give
them what they posses. |
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23. 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. |
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24. 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). |
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25. 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. |
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26. Who offer me, leaves, flowers, fruit or water with love, has a pure
heart, I accept his offerings. |
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27. Whatever you do, you eat, you offer you give away (donate) whatever
penances you perform O Arjuna as an offering to me. |
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28. 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. |
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29. 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. |
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30. Even if an errant sinner worships me with single minded devotion, he
is regarded as righteous for he has a pious resolve. |
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31. He becomes a virtuous soul soon and obtains eternal peace O Arjuna, you
should know that certainly my devotee never perishes. |
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32. Those who seek abode in me, O Arjuna, though may be women, Vaishyas
(Businessmen) or lowly born and Shudras, all reach the highest goals. |
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33. Then what to speak of the holy Brahmins and devoted royal saints,
having come to this impermament world of unhappiness, do constantly worship. |
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34. 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. |
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This is the ninth chapter entitled "The Yoga of Sovereign Knowledge and
Sovereign Mystery". |
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