Gita 9.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच।
इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे।
ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्।।
śrī-bhagavān uvāca idaṁ tu te guhyatamaṁ pravakṣyāmy anasūyave jñānaṁ vijñāna-sahitaṁ yaj jñātvā mokṣyase 'śubhāt
"The Supreme Lord said: To you who are without envy, I shall now reveal this most secret knowledge combined with realization, knowing which you will be freed from all misfortune."
All 34 verses of Chapter 9
- 9.1The Supreme Lord said: To you who are without envy, I shall now reveal this most secret knowledge combined...
- 9.2This is the king of knowledge, the king of secrets, the supreme purifier. It is directly realizable...
- 9.3Those without faith in this dharma, O scorcher of foes, without attaining Me, return to the path of death...
- 9.4By Me, in My unmanifest form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings exist in Me, but I am not...
- 9.5And yet beings do not exist in Me, behold My divine mystery! My Self sustains all beings and brings them...
- 9.6As the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, always rests in space, so understand that all beings rest in Me.
- 9.7At the end of a cosmic age, O son of Kunti, all beings enter My material nature. At the beginning of the...
- 9.8Presiding over My own material nature, I project forth again and again this entire multitude of beings...
- 9.9These actions do not bind Me, O Arjuna. I remain detached, seated as if indifferent to these activities.
- 9.10Under My supervision, material nature produces all moving and non-moving beings. By this process, O son of...
- 9.11Fools disregard Me when I appear in human form, not knowing My supreme nature as the Great Lord of all beings.
- 9.12Their hopes are vain, their actions are vain, their knowledge is vain, these bewildered souls take on a...
- 9.13But great souls, O Arjuna, who have taken shelter of the divine nature, worship Me with undivided mind...
- 9.14Always chanting My glories, striving with firm resolve, bowing down to Me with devotion, ever absorbed in...
- 9.15Others worship Me through the sacrifice of knowledge, seeing Me as one, as separate, as many, as the...
- 9.16I am the ritual, I am the sacrifice, I am the offering to ancestors, I am the healing herb. I am the...
- 9.17I am the father of this universe, the mother, the supporter, and the grandsire. I am the object of...
- 9.18I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge, the friend. I am the origin...
- 9.19I give heat, I send and withhold rain. I am immortality and I am death. I am being and non-being, O Arjuna.
- 9.20Those who study the three Vedas, drink the soma, purified of sins, worship Me through sacrifices seeking...
- 9.21Having enjoyed the vast heavenly realm, when their merit is exhausted, they return to the mortal world...
- 9.22But those who worship Me without deviation, meditating on Me alone, for those ever-absorbed in Me, I...
- 9.23Even those who devotedly worship other gods, with faith, they too worship Me alone, O Arjuna, though not...
- 9.24For I am the enjoyer and lord of all sacrifices. But they do not recognize Me in truth, therefore they fall.
- 9.25Worshippers of the gods go to the gods; worshippers of ancestors go to ancestors; worshippers of spirits...
- 9.26Whoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water, that offering of love from the...
- 9.27Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever austerity...
- 9.28Thus you will be freed from the bondage of action and its good and bad results. With your mind disciplined...
- 9.29I am equal to all beings; no one is hateful or dear to Me. But those who worship Me with devotion are in...
- 9.30Even if the most sinful person worships Me with exclusive devotion, they should be regarded as righteous...
- 9.31They quickly become righteous and attain lasting peace. O Arjuna, declare it boldly: My devotee never...
- 9.32For by taking refuge in Me, O Arjuna, even those born in unfavorable circumstances, women, merchants...
- 9.33How much more then the holy brahmins and devoted royal sages! Having come to this transient, sorrowful...
- 9.34Fix your mind on Me, be My devotee, worship Me, bow to Me. Thus disciplining yourself with Me as the...