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Bhagavadgītā (Bhagavad Gita): Chapter IX (Rājavidyārājaguhyayoga)
The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Mystery
Introduction
Arjuna is now taught by Lord Kṛṣṇa about the greatest Knowledge and Mystery...
Important: All that is in brackets and italicized within the translation has been added by me in order to complete the sense of a particular phrase or sentence. In turn, all that is between double hyphen (--...--) constitutes clarifying further information also added by me. In addition, note that I will use quotation marks to delimit text only when the person speaking is not Sañjaya himself (the narrator). Therefore, the words spoken by Sañjaya will not be delimited by quotation marks.
Chapter 9: Rājavidyārājaguhyayoga (The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Mystery)
श्रीभगवानुवाच
इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे।
ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्॥१॥
Śrībhagavānuvāca
Idaṁ tu te guhyatamaṁ pravakṣyāmyanasūyave|
Jñānaṁ vijñānasahitaṁ yajjñātvā mokṣyase'śubhāt||1||
The venerable Lord (śrī-bhagavān) said (uvāca):
"I will speak to you (te... pravakṣyāmi), who are not envious (anasūyave), about this (idam tu) most secret and mysterious (guhyatamam) knowledge (jñānam) —together with direct knowledge --that is, along with experience-- (vijñāna-sahitam)—, after knowing which (yad-jñātvā) you will be liberated (mokṣyase) from sin --that is, from all that is evil and inauspicious-- (aśubhāt)"||1||
राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम्।
प्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम्॥२॥
Rājavidyā rājaguhyaṁ pavitramidamuttamam|
Pratyakṣāvagamaṁ dharmyaṁ susukhaṁ kartumavyayam||2||
"This (idam) royal knowledge (rāja-vidyā) (is) the royal mystery (rāja-guhyam), the highest (uttamam) means of purification (pavitram), (is) comprehensible and perceptible by direct experience (pratyakṣa-avagamam), legitimate and righteous (dharmyam), very easy (su-sukham) to carry out (kartum), (and) imperishable (avyayam)"||2||
अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप।
अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि॥३॥
Aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa|
Aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyusaṁsāravartmani||3||
"O destroyer of enemies (parantapa), the people (puruṣāḥ) who are devoid of faith (aśraddadhānāḥ) in this dharma (dharmasya asya), not attaining Me (aprāpya mām), pass over to (nivartante) the mortal course or path of Transmigration --or "to the course or path of Transmigration (in which there is) death"; an expression that is again very ambiguous-- (mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani)"||3||
मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना।
मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः॥४॥
Mayā tatamidaṁ sarvaṁ jagadavyaktamūrtinā|
Matsthāni sarvabhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣvavasthitaḥ||4||
"All (sarvam) this (idam) universe (jagat) is pervaded --lit. spread-- (tatam) by Me (mayā) through (My) unmanifest form (avyakta-mūrtinā). All created things and beings (sarva-bhūtāni) abide in Me (mad-sthāni), but (ca) I (aham) do not (na) abide (avasthitaḥ) in them (teṣu)"||4||
न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्।
भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः॥५॥
Na ca matsthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogamaiśvaram|
Bhūtabhṛnna ca bhūtastho mamātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ||5||
"But, (even so) (ca), created things and beings (bhūtāni) do not (na) abide in Me (mayi). Behold (paśya) My (me) majestic --this term also means "powerful" and several other things; again the ambiguity-- (aiśvaram) Yoga (yogam)! My (mama) Self (ātmā) bears created things and beings (bhūta-bhṛt) and also creates and unfolds them --lit. "creates and unfolds created things and beings"-- (bhūta-bhāvanaḥ), but (ca) does not (na) abide in them --lit. "does not abide in created things and beings"-- (bhūta-sthaḥ)"||5||
यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्।
तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय॥६॥
Yathākāśasthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahān|
Tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānītyupadhāraya||6||
"Understand (upadhāraya) that (iti), just as (yathā) the great (mahān) air (vāyuḥ) moving everywhere (sarvatra-gaḥ) always abides in the ether or space (ākāśa-sthitaḥ nityam), similarly (tathā), all (sarvāṇi) created things and beings (bhūtāni) abide in Me (mad-sthāni)"||6||
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।
कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्॥७॥
Sarvabhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṁ yānti māmikām|
Kalpakṣaye punastāni kalpādau visṛjāmyaham||7||
"O son of Kuntī (kaunteya)! At the end of a kalpa --a mahāyuga is 4 yuga-s totaling 4,320,000 human years; well, a kalpa (twelve hours of Brahmā) is one thousand mahāyuga-s, that is 4,320,000,000 human years-- (kalpa-kṣaye), all created things and beings (sarva-bhūtani) go (yānti) to My (māmikām) Prakṛti (prakṛtim). At the beginning of the (next) kalpa (kalpa-ādau), I (aham) manifest them --I emit them-- (tāni... visṛjāmi) again (punar)"||7||
प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः।
भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्॥८॥
Prakṛtiṁ svāmavaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ|
Bhūtagrāmamimaṁ kṛtsnamavaśaṁ prakṛtervaśāt||8||
"By the help of --or 'resting upon', or 'seizing hold of'-- (avaṣṭabhya) My own Prakṛti (prakṛtim svām), I manifest --or 'emit'-- (visṛjāmi) again and again (punar punar) this (imam) entire (kṛtsnam) multitude of created things and beings (bhūta-grāmam), which is powerless (avaśam) by reason of (vaśāt) (this very) Prakṛti (prakṛteḥ)"||8||
न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय।
उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु॥९॥
Na ca māṁ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya|
Udāsīnavadāsīnamasaktaṁ teṣu karmasu||9||
"O conqueror of wealth (dhanañjaya)! And (ca) those (tāni) actions (karmāṇi) do not (na) bind Me (mām nibadhnanti), (for) I remain seated (āsīnam), as if indifferent (udāsīna-vat), (and) I am not attached (asaktam) to those actions (teṣu karmasu)"||9||
मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्।
हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते॥१०॥
Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram|
Hetunānena kaunteya jagadviparivartate||10||
"By Me (mayā) as the Supervisor (adhyakṣeṇa), Prakṛti (prakṛtiḥ) begets (sūyate) all that moves and all that does not move (sacarācaram). Due to this cause (hetunā anena), O son of Kuntī (kaunteya)!, the world (jagat) revolves (viparivartate)"||10||
अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्।
परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम्॥११॥
Avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanumāśritam|
Paraṁ bhāvamajānanto mama bhūtamaheśvaram||11||
"Not knowing (ajānantaḥ) My (mama) Supreme (param) Condition (bhāvam) as the Great Lord of created things and beings (bhūta-mahā-īśvaram), the deluded --lit. "those who are under the power of Moha or Māyā"-- (mūḍhāḥ) despise Me (avajānanti mām) when I assume a human body (mānuṣīm tanum āśritam)"||11||
मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः।
राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः॥१२॥
Moghāśā moghakarmāṇo moghajñānā vicetasaḥ|
Rākṣasīmāsurīṁ caiva prakṛtiṁ mohinīṁ śritāḥ||12||
"With vain hopes (mogha-āśāḥ), with vain actions (mogha-karmāṇaḥ), with vain knowledge (mogha-jñānāḥ) (and) stupid --or also 'confused, perplexed'-- (vicetasaḥ), they connect with --or even 'assume'-- (śritāḥ) the delusive nature (prakṛtim mohinīm) of rakṣa-s and asura-s --of demons-- (rākṣasīm āsurīm ca eva)"||12||
महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः।
भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम्॥१३॥
Mahātmānastu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛtimāśritāḥ|
Bhajantyananyamanaso jñātvā bhūtādimavyayam||13||
"But (tu) the Great Souls (mahā-ātmānaḥ), O son of Pṛthā (pārtha)!, connecting with --or 'assuming'-- (āśritāḥ) the divine nature (daivīm prakṛtim), (and) knowing Me (mām... jñātvā) as the imperishable and primordial (Self) of (all) created things and (all) beings (bhūta-ādim avyayam), worship Me (mām... bhajanti) with a one-pointed mind (ananya-manasaḥ)"||13||
सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः।
नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते॥१४॥
Satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaśca dṛḍhavratāḥ|
Namasyantaśca māṁ bhaktyā nityayuktā upāsate||14||
"Those whose vows are firm (dṛḍha-vratāḥ), who constantly mention/praise Me (satatam kīrtayantaḥ mām), who strive (yatantaḥ), and (ca... ca) who pay homage to Me (namasyantaḥ... mām), being always engaged (nitya-yuktāḥ) with devotion to Me (mām bhaktyā), worship and serve Me (mām... upāsate)"||14||
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।
एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्॥१५॥
Jñānayajñena cāpyanye yajanto māmupāsate|
Ekatvena pṛthaktvena bahudhā viśvatomukham||15||
"And (ca) even (api) others (anye) sacrificers (yajantaḥ), through the sacrifice of knowledge (jñāna-yajñena), worship Me (mām upāsate) as one (ekatvena), as separate (pṛthaktvena) in many ways (bahudhā), (and as) This one whose face is turned everywhere --as the universal Self; I was expecting "viśvatomukhatvena" instead-- (viśvatas-mukham)"||15||
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाहमहमौषधम्।
मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्॥१६॥
Ahaṁ kraturahaṁ yajñaḥ svadhāhamahamauṣadham|
Mantro'hamahamevājyamahamagnirahaṁ hutam||16||
"I (aham) (am) the kratu --this term is very ambiguous, primarily it means "sacrifice" or "ritual ceremony", but it would be redundant, since Lord Kṛṣṇa mentions the "yajña" later; other possible translations are "offering" and "worship"-- (kratuḥ), I (aham) (am) the sacrifice (yajñaḥ), I (aham) (am) the svadhā --the oblation offered, or also the exclamation or blessing that substitutes for said oblation-- (svadhā), I (aham) (am) the (medicinal) herb (auṣadham), I (aham) (am) the Mantra (mantraḥ), I Myself (aham eva) (am) the clarified butter (ājyam), I (aham) (am) the fire (agniḥ), (and) I (aham) (am) the offering (hutam)"||16||
पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः।
वेद्यं पवित्रमोङ्कार ऋक्साम यजुरेव च॥१७॥
Pitāhamasya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ|
Vedyaṁ pavitramoṅkāra ṛksāma yajureva ca||17||
"Of this world (asya jagataḥ), I (aham) (am) the Father (pitā), the mother (mātā), the founder and the sustainer (dhātā), the paternal grandfather (pitāmahaḥ), the knowable object (vedyam), the means of purification (pavitram), the syllable Om (oṁ-kāraḥ), (as well as the Veda-s) Ṛk (ṛk), Sāma (sāma), and (ca) Yajus (yajus eva)"||17||
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्।
प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्॥१८॥
Gatirbhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṁ suhṛt|
Prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṁ nidhānaṁ bījamavyayam||18||
"(I am) the gati --many meanings for this term, among them: "path, movement and refuge"-- (gatiḥ), the preserver (bhartā), the Lord --this word also means "Master"-- (prabhuḥ), the Witness (sākṣī), the abode (nivāsaḥ), the refuge (śaraṇam), the friend (suhṛd), the origin (prabhavaḥ), the dissolution (pralayaḥ), the place (sthānam), the treasure --also "the receptacle"-- (nidhānam), (and) the imperishable (avyayam) Seed (bījam)"||18||
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।
अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन॥१९॥
Tapāmyahamahaṁ varṣaṁ nigṛṇhāmyutsṛjāmi ca|
Amṛtaṁ caiva mṛtyuśca sadasaccāhamarjuna||19||
"O Arjuna (arjuna), I (aham) give heat (tapāmi), I (aham) withhold (nigṛhṇāmi) and (ca) pour (utsṛjāmi) the rain (varṣam), I (aham) (am) immortality (amṛtam) and (ca eva) death (mṛtyuḥ), as well as (ca) existence (sat) and (ca) non-existence (asat)"||19||
त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापा यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते।
ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोकमश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान्॥२०॥
Traividyā māṁ somapāḥ pūtapāpā yajñairiṣṭvā svargatiṁ prārthayante|
Te puṇyamāsādya surendralokamaśnanti divyāndivi devabhogān||20||
"Those who are familiar with the three Veda-s (traividyā), drink the Soma (soma-pāḥ), (and) have been purified of sin (pūta-pāpā), after urging Me (iṣṭvā) with sacrifices (yajñaiḥ), request (prārthayante) the path to Heaven (svar-gatim). They (te), after having obtained (āsādya) merit (puṇyam), reach (aśnanti) the world of the god Indra (sura-indra-lokam), (and) obtain/experience (aśnanti) the divine enjoyments of the gods (divyān... deva-bhogān) in Heaven (divi)"||20||
ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति।
एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते॥२१॥
Te taṁ bhuktvā svargalokaṁ viśālaṁ kṣīṇe puṇye martyalokaṁ viśanti|
Evaṁ trayīdharmamanuprapannā gatāgataṁ kāmakāmā labhante||21||
"They (te), after enjoying (bhuktvā) that (tam) spacious (viśālam) world of Heaven (svarga-lokam), enter (viśanti) the world of mortals (martya-lokam) when their merit is exhausted (kṣīṇe puṇye). Thus (evam), those who possess desires --specially "carnal desires"-- (kāma-kāmāḥ) (and) act in accordance with (anuprapannāḥ) the dharma --one of the many meanings of this word is "duty"-- stipulated in the three Veda-s (trayī-dharmam), obtain (labhante) "the going and coming" --that is the literal meaning; it refers to Saṁsāra or the constant going from one body to another, from life to death, and to life again, and so on-- (gata-āgatam)"||21||
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते।
तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्॥२२॥
Ananyāścintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate|
Teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yogakṣemaṁ vahāmyaham||22||
"(Then there are) the people (janāḥ) who (ye), thinking (cintayantaḥ) of Me (mām) and of no other (ananyāḥ), worship Me (mām... paryupāsate). For them --for those people-- who are ever diligent (nitya-abhiyuktānām), I (aham) bring (vahāmi) the secure possession of what has been acquired (yoga-kṣemam)"||22||
येऽप्यन्यदेवताभक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः।
तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्॥२३॥
Ye'pyanyadevatābhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ|
Te'pi māmeva kaunteya yajantyavidhipūrvakam||23||
"Even (api) those who (ye) are devotees of other deities (anya-devatā-bhaktāḥ), (and) being endowed (anvitāḥ) with faith (śraddhayā), worship (them) (yajante); they (te) also (api), O son of Kuntī (kaunteya), worship Me alone (mām eva... yajanti), (although) not according to the rule (a-vidhi-pūrvakam)"||23||
अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।
न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते॥२४॥
Ahaṁ hi sarvayajñānāṁ bhoktā ca prabhureva ca|
Na tu māmabhijānanti tattvenātaścyavanti te||24||
"Because (hi) I (aham) (am) the Enjoyer (bhoktā) and (ca... eva ca) the Lord (prabhuḥ) of all sacrifices (sarva-yajñānām); but (tu) they (te) do not (na) know Me (mām abhijānanti) in reality (tattvena), (and) for this reason (atas) they fall (cyavanti)"||24||
यान्ति देवव्रता देवान्पितॄन्यान्ति पितृव्रताः।
भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्॥२५॥
Yānti devavratā devānpitṝnyānti pitṛvratāḥ|
Bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti madyājino'pi mām||25||
"The votaries of the gods (deva-vratāḥ) go (yānti) to the gods (devān); the votaries of the ancestors (pitṛ-vratāḥ) go (yānti) to the ancestors (pitṝn); those who worship the spirits and make sacrifices for them (bhūta-ijyāḥ) go (yānti) to the spirits (bhūtāni), (but) those who worship Me and make sacrifices to Me (mad-yājinaḥ api) come --lit. go-- (yānti) to Me (mām)"||25||
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः॥२६॥
Patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati|
Tadahaṁ bhaktyupahṛtamaśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ||26||
"(If there is someone) who (yaḥ) offers Me (me... prayacchati) with devotion (bhaktyā) a leaf (patram), a flower (puṣpam), a fruit (phalam), (or) water (toyam), I (aham) receive (aśnāmi) from that one whose disposition is pious (prayata-ātmanaḥ) that (tad) which has been devotionally presented (bhakti-upahṛtam)"||26||
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्।
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्॥२७॥
Yatkaroṣi yadaśnāsi yajjuhoṣi dadāsi yat|
Yattapasyasi kaunteya tatkuruṣva madarpaṇam||27||
"Whatever (yad) you do (karoṣi), whatever (yad) you eat (aśnāsi), whatever (yad) you offer --specially as an oblation into the fire-- (juhoṣi), whatever (yad) you give (dadāsi), whatever (yad) austerity you undergo (tapasyasi), O son of Kuntī (kaunteya), do (kuruṣva) that (tad) (as) an offering to Me (mad-arpaṇam)"||27||
शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः।
सन्न्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि॥२८॥
Śubhāśubhaphalairevaṁ mokṣyase karmabandhanaiḥ|
Sannyāsayogayuktātmā vimukto māmupaiṣyasi||28||
"In this manner (evam), you will liberate yourself (mokṣyase) from the good and bad fruits which are karmic bonds --i.e., "bonds of actions"-- (śubha-aśubha-phalaiḥ... karma-bandhanaiḥ). Completely liberated (vimuktaḥ) (and) engaged in the Yoga of renunciation (sannyāsa-yoga-yukta-ātmā), you will reach (upaiṣyasi) Me (mām)"||28||
समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः।
ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम्॥२९॥
Samo'haṁ sarvabhūteṣu na me dveṣyo'sti na priyaḥ|
Ye bhajanti tu māṁ bhaktyā mayi te teṣu cāpyaham||29||
"Yo (aham) (am) the Same (samaḥ) in all beings (sarva-bhūteṣu). There is no (na... asti... na) (being who is) hateful (dveṣyaḥ) (or) dear (priyaḥ) to Me (me). However (tu), those who (ye... te) worship Me (bhajanti... mām) with devotion (bhaktyā) (dwell) in Me (mayi), and (ca) I (aham) also (api) (dwell) in them (teṣu)"||29||
अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक्।
साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः॥३०॥
Api cetsudurācāro bhajate māmananyabhāk|
Sādhureva sa mantavyaḥ samyagvyavasito hi saḥ||30||
"If (ced) even (api) a wicked wrongdoer --also "ill-behaved and of bad conduct"-- (durācāraḥ) worships Me (bhajate mām) without distraction (ananya-bhāk), he (saḥ) should be considered (mantavyaḥ) a sādhu --someone holy, good, virtuous, honest, etc.-- (sādhuḥ eva), for (hi) he (saḥ) has decided (vyavasitaḥ) correctly (samyak)"||30||
क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति।
कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति॥३१॥
Kṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvacchāntiṁ nigacchati|
Kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati||31||
"Quickly (kṣipram) he becomes (bhavati) a virtuous person who follows dharma --duty, what is right, etc.-- (dharma-ātmā), (and) attains/reaches (nigacchati) perpetual peace (śaśvat-śāntim). O son of Kuntī (kaunteya), become aware (of this) (pratijānīhi): My (me) devotee (bhaktaḥ) does not perish (na... praṇaśyati)"||31||
मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः।
स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम्॥३२॥
Māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye'pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ|
Striyo vaiśyāstathā śūdrāste'pi yānti parāṁ gatim||32||
"For (hi), O son of Pṛthā (pārtha), after resorting (vyapāśritya) to Me (mām), even (api... api) those who (ye... te) are (syuḥ) of low birth (pāpa-yonayaḥ), women (striyaḥ), vaiśyas --people engaged in commerce and agriculture-- (vaiśyāḥ), as well as (tathā) śūdras --the servants-- (śūdrāḥ), go (yānti) to the Supreme State (parām gatim)"||32||
किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा।
अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम्॥३३॥
Kiṁ punarbrāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayastathā|
Anityamasukhaṁ lokamimaṁ prāpya bhajasva mām||33||
"How much more (kim punar) (is this true in the case of) the virtuous (puṇyāḥ) brāhmaṇas --the members of the highest caste-- (brāhmaṇāḥ), the devotees (bhaktāḥ), and (tathā) the royal seers (rājarṣayaḥ)! After coming --lit. after attaining, after reaching-- (prāpya) to this transient and unhappy world (anityam asukham lokam imam), worship Me (bhajasva mām)!"||33||
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु।
मामेवैष्यसि युक्त्वैवमात्मानं मत्परायणः॥३४॥
Manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṁ namaskuru|
Māmevaiṣyasi yuktvaivamātmānaṁ matparāyaṇaḥ||34||
"With your mind fixed on Me (mad-manāḥ), become (bhava) My devotee (mad-bhaktaḥ), My sacrificer/worshiper (mad-yājī), (and) bow down (namaskuru) to Me (mām). After preparing yourself (yuktvā... ātmānam) in this way (evam), considering Me the highest Goal and ultimate Refuge (mad-parāyaṇaḥ), you will come (eṣyasi) to Me (mām eva)"||34||
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