Secret Of All Secrets

The whole universe is intelligence. It responds to our thoughts. krsna transmits the king of all knowledge and all secrets, which is eternal, easy, and joyfully done. To the one who is non-envious and trusts Him, krsna promises yoga (success) and ksema (protection). ... ...

śrī bhagavānuvāca idaṁ tu te guhyatamaṁ pravakṣyāmy anasūyave I jñānaṁ vijñāna-sahitaṁ yajjñātvā mokṣyase'śubhāt II 9.1

9.1 Kṛṣṇa says: Dear Arjuna, because you trust Me and you are not envious of Me; I shall therefore impart to you this profound and secret wisdom and experience; This will free you of all miseries of material existence.

rājavidyā rājaguhyaṁ pavitram idam uttamam I pratyakṣāvagamaṁ dharmyaṁ su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam II 9.2

9.2 This knowledge is king of all knowledge and the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, sacred, and because it gives direct perception of the Self by Self-realization, it is the perfection of religion, dharma. It is eternal, easy and it is very joyfully performed.

aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa I aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani II 9.3 Rājavidyā Rājaguhya Yogaḥ Ch 9 verses 181

9.3 Those who have no faith in this knowledge cannot attain Me, O Parantapa, conqueror of foes. They will return to the path of birth and death in this material world.

mayā tatam idaṁ sarvam jagadavyakta mūrtinā I matsthāni sarvabhūtāni na cahaṁ teṣv-avasthitaḥ II 9.4

9.4 By Me, the entire Universe is pervaded in My formless form. All beings are based in Me, but I am not in them.

na ca matsthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogam aiśvaram I bhūtabhṛnna ca bhūtastho mamātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ II 9.5

9.5 And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. Look at My mystic powers! Although, I am the Creator and Sustainer of all living entities, I do not depend the Cosmic manifestation; for My Self is the very source of all creation.

yathākāśasthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahān I tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānīty upadhāraya II 9.6

9.6 As the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, always rests in eternal space, all beings rest in Me.

sarvabhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṁ yānti māmikām I kalpakṣaye punas tāni kalpādau visṛjāmyaham II 9.7

9.7 O Kaunteya (son of Kuntī), at the end of every age all beings merge into Me, at the beginning of every new age I create them again.

prakṛtiṁ svāmavaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ I bhūtagrāmam imaṁ kṛtsnam avaśaṁ prakṛtervaśāt II 9.8

9.8 The whole Cosmic order is under Me and My material nature creates the beings again and again, and it is controlled by My material nature.

na ca māṁ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya I udāsīna-vad āsīnam asaktaṁ teṣu karmasu II 9.9

9.9 O Dhanañjaya, all this work does not bind Me. I am ever unattached from these activities, seated as though neutral.

mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram I hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate II 9.10

9.10 The material nature or prakṛti works under My direction, O Kaunteya, and creates all moving and unmoving beings through My energies. By its cause, this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.

avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanumāśritam I paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśvaram II 9.11

9.11 Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord [maheśavara] of the entire creation.

moghāśā moghakarmāṇo moghajñānā vicetasaḥ I rākṣasīmāsurīṁ caiva prakṛtiṁ mohinīṁ śritāḥ II 9.12

9.12 Those who are thus deluded are demonic and atheistic. In their deluded condition, their hopes for liberation, their result oriented actions and their culture of knowledge become false and useless.

mahātmānastu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛtimāśritāḥ I bhajanty ananya-manaso jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam II 9.13

9.13 O Pārtha (son of Prithā), the great souls, who are not deluded, are under the protection of My Divine nature. They are fully devoted to Me with a single-pointed mind as they know Me as the origin of all creation, the unchangeable.

satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaśca dṛḍhavratāḥ I namasyantaśca māṁ bhaktyā nityayuktā upāsate II 9.14

9.14 Always chanting My names and glories, fully striving with great determination, bowing down onto Me, these great devotees of firm resolve, perpetually worship Me with devotion.

jñānayajñena cāpyanye yajanto māmupāsate I ekatvena pṛthaktvena bahudhā viśvatomukham II 9.15

9.15 Some worship Me by acquiring and spreading wisdom of the Self [jñāna-yajña]. Others worship Me in My non-dual form in oneness, in My infinite form as many, and in My Universal form.

ahaṁ kraturahaṁ yajñaḥ svadhāham ahamauṣadham I mantro 'hamahamevājyaṁ aham agnir ahaṁ hutam II 9.16

pitāhamasya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ I vedyaṁ pavitram oṁkāra ṛksāma yajureva ca II 9.17

gatirbhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṁ suhṛt I prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṁ nidhānaṁ bījamavyayam II I 9.18

tapāmy aham ahaṁ varṣaṁ nigṛhṇāmy utsṛjāmi ca I amṛtaṁ caiva mṛtyuśca sadasac cāham arjuna II 9.19

9.16, 17, 18, 19 I am the ritual, I am the sacrifice, I am the offering, I am the herb, I am the mantra, I am the clarified butter, I am the fire, and I am the oblation. I am the supporter of the universe, the father, the mother, and the grandfather. I am the object of knowledge, the sacred syllable "OM", and also the Ṛg, the Yajur, and the Sāma Vedas. I am the goal, the supporter, the Lord, the witness, the abode, the refuge, the friend, the origin, the dissolution, the foundation, the substratum, and the immutable seed. I give heat. I send, as well as withhold, the rain. I am immortality, as well as death. I am also both the Eternal and the temporal, O Arjuna.

traividyā māṁ somapāḥ pūtapāpā yajñairiṣṭvā svargatiṁ prārthayante I te puṇyam āsādya surendra-lokam aśnanti divyāndivi devabhogān II 9.20 Rājavidyā Rājaguhya Yogaḥ Ch 9 verses

9.20 Those who practice the vedic rituals and drink the soma juice worship Me indirectly seeking the heavenly pleasures. They go to heaven and enjoy sensual delights.

te taṁ bhuktvā svargalokaṁ viśālaṁ kṣīṇe puṇye martyalokaṁ viśanti I

evaṁ trayīdharmam anuprapannā gatāgataṁ kāmakāmā labhante II 9.21

9.21 Once they have thus enjoyed heavenly sense pleasure, they are reborn on this planet again. By practicing vedic rituals as result oriented actions, they are bound by the cycle of birth and death.

ananyāścintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate I teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yogakṣemaṁ vahāmy aham II 9.22

9.22 When you reside in My consciousness, always fixed in undivided remembrance, whatever you lack I give [yoga]. And whatever you have, I preserve [kṣema].

ye'pyanyadevatā bhaktā yajante śraddhayā'nvitāḥ I te'pi mām eva kaunteya yajanty avidhipūrvakam II 9.23

9.23 Even those who worship other deities, they too worship Me, O Kaunteya, but without true understanding.

ahaṁ hi sarvayajñānāṁ bhoktā ca prabhureva ca I na tu mām abhijānanti tattvenātaścyavanti te II 9.24

9.24 I am the only enjoyer [bhokta] and the only Lord [prabhu] of all sacrifices. Those who do not recognize My true transcendental nature are born again and again.

yānti devavratā devān pitṛān yānti pitṛ vratāḥ I bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti madyājino'pi mām II 9.25

9.25 Those who worship the deities will take birth among the deities; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; those who worship ancestors go to the ancestors; those who worship Me will live with Me.

patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati I tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ II 9.26

9.26 Whoever offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept and consume what is offered by the pure-hearted.

yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat I yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣva madarpaṇam II 9.27

9.27 O Kaunteya (son of Kuntī), all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, give them as an offering to Me.

śubhāśubha-phalair evaṁ mokṣyase karma-bandhanaiḥ I sannyāsa-yoga-yuktātmā vimukto māmupaiṣyasi II 9.28

9.28 You will be freed from all reactions to good and evil deeds by this renunciation, You will be liberated and come to Me.

samo'haṁ sarvabhūteṣu na me dveṣyo'sti na priyaḥ I ye bhajanti tu māṁ bhaktyā mayi te teṣu cā'pyaham II 9.29

9.29 I am equal to all beings. No one to Me is hateful or dear. But, whoever worships, offers enriching service onto Me in devotion, is in Me and I am also indeed in him.

api cet sudurācāro bhajate māmananyabhāk I sādhureva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi saḥ II 9.30

9.30 Even if the most sinful person engages himself in devotional service, He is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated in his determination.

kṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvacchāntiṁ nigacchati I kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati II 9.31

9.31 He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O Kaunteya (son of Kuntī), declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes.

mām hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye'pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ I striyo vaiśyāstathā śūdrās te'pi yānti parāṁ gatim II 9.32 9.32 O Pārtha (son of Prithā), anyone who takes shelter in Me, women, traders, workers or even sinners can approach the Supreme destination.

kiṁ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayas tathā I anityam asukhaṁ lokam imaṁ prāpya bhajasva mām II 9.33

9.33 How easier then it is for the learned, the righteous, the devotees and saintly kings who in this temporary miserable world engage in loving service unto Me.

manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṁ namaskuru I māmevaiṣyasi yuktvaivam ātmānaṁ matparāyaṇaḥ II 9.34

9.34 Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, worship Me, and bow down to Me. Thus, uniting yourself with Me by setting Me as the supreme goal and the sole refuge, you shall certainly come to Me.

iti śrīmad bhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyām yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjuna saṁvāde rājavidyā rājaguhyayogo nāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ II

In the Upaniṣad of Śrimad Bhagavad Gītā, the scripture of yoga dealing with Brahmavidyā Yogaśāstra, the science of Brahman, in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇārjuna saṁvād, dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa-Arjuna, this is ninth chapter named, Rājavidyā Rājaguhya Yogaḥ**,** ''The Yoga of Supreme Knowledge and Supreme Secret.'

We are now at the halfway mark of Bhagavad Gītā. Kṛṣṇa feels Arjuna's inner violence and conflict is clearing up and his individual Consciousness is opening to the space of completion. The Master is ready to take the dialogue to the next level. Now Kṛṣṇa reveals the greatest of all secrets—Rājavidyā Rājaguhya Yogaḥ, the secret about Himself.