THE GITA, CHAPTER 9, TRANSLATED BY DILIP RAJEEV

CHAPTER 9, THE GITA TRANSLATED BY DILIP RAJEEV

The Lord Said, VERSE 1

I EXPOUND THIS GREATEST SECRET, TO THE UNENVIOUS, THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND IT IN THE DUAL NATURED knowledge movements, ATTAIN FREEDOM FROM NATURE. VERSE 2

THE ROYAL ART, THE ROYAL SECRET, PURE, THIS THE HIGHEST, TO REALIZATION LEADING OF THE WAY, JOYOUS, OF THE GREAT ETERNAL. VERSE 3

THOSE DEVOID OF PERCEPTION, OF THE AXIAL BEAM, THE SWORD IN ONE NATURE, UNABLE TO ATTAIN ME, CYCLE ETERNALLY IN THE WORLD OF DEATH. VERSE 4

IN A NOT EASILY PERCEIVED FORM, I PERVADE THE ENTIRE WORLDS, ALL GENERATED ESTABLISHED IN ME, YET ME NOT DEPENDENT ON THEM. VERSE 5

AND NOT DO THE BEINGS GENERATED FROM ME, PERCEIVE THE BONDING TO ME GLORIOUS, THE ONE WHO MAINTAINS BEINGS, YET NOT SITUATED IN THEM.

VERSE 6

AS THE WIND MOVING IN THE SKY, ETERNALLY, EVERYWHERE, THUS ALL CREATURES FOUNTAINING ABIDE IN ME, KNOW THIS YOU OUGHT TO VERSE 7

ALL BEINGS, O ARJUNA, AT THE DECAY OF A KALPA, INTO MY PRIMORDIAL NATURE ENTER, AND AGAIN, THEM, IN THE BEGIN OF A KALPA, I EMIT. VERSE 8

IN MY OWN NATURE ESTABLISHED, I EMIT, AGAIN AND AGAIN, RENEWING, THE ENTIRE CREATION, WHICH IS HELPLESS, AND IN NATURE ESTABLISHED. VERSE 9

AND THESE ACTIVITES DO NOT BIND ME, O WINNER OF WEALTH, AT EASE, UNATTACHED, I PERFORM THEM.

VERSE 10

BY MY GOVERNING NATURE BEGOTTEN, THE MOVING AND THE UNMOVING, O SON OF KUNTI, THE WORLD REVOLVES THUS. VERSE 11

FOOLS DERIDE THE ME ENVELOPED IN HUMAN FORM, THE SUPPREME FORM NOT KNOWING, ME, THE LORD OF ALL BEINGS. VERSE 12

IN DELUDED DESIRES, IN DELUDED ACTIONS, IN DELUDED KNOWLEDGE, WITHOUT INTELLIGENCE, IN HELLISH AND DEMONIC STATES,

IN BEWILDERING NATURE, THEY TAKE SHELTER. VERSE 13

THE GREAT SOULS, BUT ME, PARTHA, IN DIVINE NATURE ESTABLISHED, WORSHIP, WITHOUT DEVIATING MINDS, UNDERSTANDING, THE ETERNAL ORIGIN OF BEINGS. VERSE 14

ALWAYS ME GLORIFYING, ENDEAVOURING WITH FIRM VOWS, NATURE TO ME IN DEVOTION, ALWAYS BONDED, THEY WORSHIP. VERSE 15

OTHERS THROUGH KNOWEDGE-SACRIFICE, MY WORSHIP ENGAGE IN, OTHERS THROUGH ONENESS , WHICH EXTENDS FORTH SEPERATELY, AS THE MANIFOLD WORLD-FACE. VERSE 16

I AM THE ACTIONER, I AM THE SACRIFICE, I AM THE OBLATION, I AM THE MEDICINE, I AM THE MANTRA, I AM THE CLARIFIED BUTTER, I AM THE FIRE, AND I ALONE AM THE ACT OF OFFERING. VERSE 17

AND I AM THE AXIAL SWORD IN THE WORLD, THE FATHER, THE MOTHER, THE CREATOR, THE GRANDFATHER, AM I, I AM THE ONE YET TO BE KNOWN, PURITY, THE FORM OF THE OM, RIG, SAMA, AND YAJUR VEDA, AM I. VERSE 18

I AM THE PATH, THE SUSTAINER, THE LORD, THE WITNESS, ABODE AND SHELTER, THE FRIEND, THE SOURCE AND DISSOLUTION, THE PLACE, AND THE OVERFLOWING, THE ETERNAL UNPERCEIVED, AND THE SEED AM I. VERSE 19

I AM THE BURNING FIRE, THE RAIN AM I, THE LETTING GO, AND THE HOLDING BAKK, I INDEED AM IMMORTALITY AND DEATH, EXISTENCE AND NON-EXISTENCE, AM I.

VERSE 20

THE KNOWERS OF THREE FOLD KNOWLEDGE, DRINKING THE SOMA DRAUGHT ESTABLISHED IN ME, PURIFIED OF SINS, THE HEAVENLY PATH, PRAY FOR, THEY ATTAINNING THE DIVINE WORLDS, IN HEAVEN THE DIVINE JOYS THEY ENJOY. VERSE 21

AND THEY AFTER ENJOYING EXPANSIVE HEAVENS, WHEN THEIR VIRTUES ARE EXHAUSTED, THE WORLD OF THE MORTALS ENTER, THUS THE FOLLOWERS OF THREE FOLD KNOWLEDGE, DESIRING PLESURE, THE PATH OF GOING AND RETURNING OBTAIN.

VERSE 22

THE FOLKS, WITHOUT DEVIATION IN THOUGHT, ME WORSHIP, ALWAYS STAY BONDED, TO THEM, THE SAFETY OF THE YOG-BONDING, I BRING FORTH. VERSE 23

EVEN THOSE WHO WORSHIP OTHER GODS, ENDOWED WITH FAITH, EVEN THEY, THOUGH NOT FOLLOWIN THE ANCIENT RULE, O SON OF KUNTI, ME ALONE DO THEY WORSHIP. VERSE 24

I ALONE AM THE ENJOYER OF ALL SACRIFICES, THE ONE LORD OF ALL, BUT NOT DISTINGUISHING THIS, DO THEY FALL. VERSE 25

THOSE DEDICATED TO THE DIVINITES, TO THE DIVINITES THEY GO, THOSE DEDICATED TO THE FOREFATHERS, TO THE FOREFATHERS THEY GO, AND THOSE TO THE SPIRITS, TO THE SPIRITS THEY GO, AND THOSE WHO WORSHIP ME, TO ME, THEY GO.

VERSE 26

AND WHO IN DEVOTION UNTO ME, A LEAF, A FLOWER, A FRUIT, OR WATER, OFFER, I ACCEPT AFFECTIONATLEY, THE DEVOTIONAL OFFERING, OF THE SELF DEDIDACTED TO ME

VERSE 27

WHAT YOU DO, WHAT YOU EAT, WHAT YOU SACRIFICE, WHAT YOU GIVE, THE AUSTERETIES OF THINE, O THE SON OF KUNTI, ALL THAT INDEED, YOU OUGHT DO, AS OFFERING TO ME. VERSE 28

THUS ALONE FORM THE BONDAGE, OF GOOD AND BAD RESULTS, AND THE BONDAGE OF KARMA, WILL THEE BE LIBERATED, THUS THE SANNYASA YOGA, THE SELF BONDED IN, IS LIBERATED, ATTAINING ME. VERSE 29

I HAVE THE SAME ATTITUDE TO ALL BEINGS, NONE ENEMY OR DEAR TO ME, BUT THOSE WHO WITH DEVOTION WORSHIP ME, THEY ARE IN ME, AND I AM IN THEM.

VERSE 30

AND IF EVEN A PERSON WHO WERE ON A BAD PATH, WORSHIPS ME, AND NOTHING ELSE, HE SAINTLY OUGHT BE VIEWED, AND HE INDEED IS RIGHTEOUSLY ESTABLISHED. VERSE 31

HE FASTLY OF RIGHTEOUS NATURE BECOMES, ETERNAL PEACE HE OBTAINS, O SON OF KUNTI, MY DEVOTEE, HE DOESN’T PERISH,

THAT YOU OUGHT KNOW. VERSE 32

THOSE EVEN BORN, IN INFERIOR WOMBS, IN WOMEN OF INFERIOR NATURE, EVEN THEY, IN ME ESTABLISHED, TO THE SUPREME GOAL MOVE.

VERSE 33

EVEN MORE, OUGHT THOSE IN ROYAL BIRTHS, AND SAINTLY BIRTHS, HAVING ATTAINED THIS TEMPORARY JOYLESS WORLD BE DEDIKKATED IN WORSHIP TO ME.

VERSE 34

WITH THE MIND ON ME, MY DEVOTEE, MY WORSHIPPER, YOU OUGHT BE, ENJOINED THUS TO ME ALONE, TO THE SUPREME GOAL YOU GO.