Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga - The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret

श्रीभगवानुवाच — इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे। ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्॥१॥

The Blessed Lord said: To you who are free from envy, I shall now reveal this most secret knowledge combined with realized wisdom, knowing which you shall be freed from all misery and inauspiciousness.

राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम्। प्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम्॥२॥

This is the king of all knowledge, the king of all secrets, supremely purifying, directly realizable through experience, righteous, very easy and joyful to practice, and imperishable.

अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप। अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि॥३॥

O scorcher of foes, those who have no faith in this dharma, failing to attain Me, return to the path of death and rebirth in this material world.

मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना। मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः॥४॥

This entire universe is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest form. All beings exist within Me, but I am not contained in them.

न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्। भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः॥५॥

And yet beings do not dwell in Me — behold My divine Yoga (supreme power)! My Self is the source and sustainer of all beings, yet I do not dwell in them.

यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्। तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय॥६॥

Just as the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, always rests in space (akasha), so know that all beings rest in Me.

सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्। कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्॥७॥

O son of Kunti, at the end of a cosmic cycle (kalpa), all beings merge back into My Prakriti (nature). At the beginning of the next cycle, I create them again.

प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः। भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्॥८॥

Presiding over My own Prakriti (material nature), I project forth again and again this entire multitude of beings, who are helpless under the sway of Prakriti.

न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय। उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु॥९॥

O Dhananjaya, these actions do not bind Me, for I remain as if seated indifferently, unattached to those actions.

मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्। हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते॥१०॥

Under My supervision, Prakriti (material nature) produces all moving and non-moving beings. By this reason, O son of Kunti, the world revolves through its cycles.

अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्। परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम्॥११॥

The foolish disregard Me when I dwell in a human form, not knowing My supreme nature as the great Lord of all beings.

मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः। राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः॥१२॥

Those deluded ones are of baffled hopes, futile actions, and misguided knowledge. They take shelter of the bewildering demoniac and atheistic nature.

महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः। भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम्॥१३॥

But the great souls (Mahatmas), O Partha, taking shelter of the divine nature, worship Me with undivided mind, knowing Me as the imperishable origin of all beings.

सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः। नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते॥१४॥

Always glorifying Me, striving with firm resolve, bowing down to Me with devotion, ever united with Me, they worship Me.

ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते। एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्॥१५॥

Others, worshipping through the sacrifice of knowledge, worship Me as oneness (non-dual), as separate (dual), and in many forms as the Universal Being facing everywhere.

अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाहमहमौषधम्। मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्॥१६॥

I am the Vedic ritual, I am the sacrifice, I am the offering to the ancestors, I am the healing herb, I am the sacred mantra, I am the clarified butter, I am the fire, and I am the act of offering.

पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः। वेद्यं पवित्रमोङ्कार ऋक्साम यजुरेव च॥१७॥

I am the father of this universe, the mother, the sustainer, and the grandfather. I am the object of all knowledge, the purifier, the sacred syllable Om, and I am the Rig, Sama, and Yajur Vedas.

गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्। प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्॥१८॥

I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge, the well-wishing friend, the origin, the dissolution, the foundation, the resting place, and the imperishable seed.

तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च। अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन॥१९॥

O Arjuna, I give heat (as the sun). I withhold and send forth rain. I am both immortality and death, being and non-being — I am all of this.

त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापा यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते। ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोक- मश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान्॥२०॥

Those who know the three Vedas, who drink the Soma juice, who are purified of sins, worship Me through sacrifices and pray for passage to heaven. They reach the holy world of Indra and enjoy divine celestial pleasures.

ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति। एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते॥२१॥

Having enjoyed the vast heavenly world, when their merit is exhausted, they return to the mortal world. Thus, following the Vedic rituals driven by desire, they attain only the cycle of coming and going.

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते। तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्॥२२॥

Those who worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on Me with no other thought — to those ever-steadfast devotees, I personally carry what they lack (yoga) and preserve what they have (kshema).

येऽप्यन्यदेवताभक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः। तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्॥२३॥

O son of Kunti, even those who are devoted to other gods and worship them with faith — they too are worshipping Me alone, though in an indirect and improper manner.

अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च। न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते॥२४॥

For I alone am the enjoyer and the Lord of all sacrifices. But they do not know Me in truth (as the Supreme), and therefore they fall (from the higher attainment).

यान्ति देवव्रता देवान्पितॄन्यान्ति पितृव्रताः। भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्॥२५॥

Worshippers of the devas go to the devas, worshippers of ancestors go to the ancestors, worshippers of spirits go to the spirits — but My devotees come to Me.

पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति। तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः॥२६॥

Whoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or even water — that offering of love, made with a pure heart, I lovingly accept.

यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्। यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्॥२७॥

O son of Kunti, whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give in charity, whatever austerity you perform — do all of that as an offering to Me.

शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः। सन्न्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि॥२८॥

Thus, with your mind established in the Yoga of renunciation, you shall be freed from the bondage of both good and bad karmic results. Liberated, you shall come to Me.

समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः। ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम्॥२९॥

I am equal to all beings; none is hateful to Me, none is dear. But those who worship Me with devotion — they are in Me, and I am in them.

अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक्। साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः॥३०॥

Even if a person of very bad conduct worships Me with exclusive and undivided devotion, that person should be regarded as a saint, for they have rightly resolved.

क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति। कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति॥३१॥

Such a person quickly becomes righteous and attains eternal peace. O son of Kunti, declare boldly that My devotee never perishes!

मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः। स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम्॥३२॥

O Partha, taking refuge in Me, even those born of sinful origin, women, vaishyas, and shudras — they all attain the supreme destination.

किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा। अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम्॥३३॥

How much more, then, for the virtuous brahmanas and devoted royal sages! Having obtained birth in this temporary and joyless world, devote yourself to worshipping Me.

मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु। मामेवैष्यसि युक्त्वैवमात्मानं मत्परायणः॥३४॥

Fix your mind on Me, be My devotee, worship Me, and bow to Me. Thus, uniting your self with Me, with Me as your supreme goal, you shall certainly come to Me.