GG 9 The Most Confidential Knowledge

Gītār Gān

GG 8 Attaining the Supreme - GG 10 The Opulence of the Absolute

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Chapter 9
The Most Confidential Knowledge

śrī-bhagavān kahilen:

evāra he arjun śuna asūyā rahita

ei ek guhyatama kahi tava hita

ihā hay jñān ār vijñāna-sammata

jānile se mukta hay sarb aśubhata

Text 1: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most confidential knowledge and realization, knowing which you shall be relieved of the miseries of material existence.

rāj-vidyā ei jñān rāj guhya kahe

pavitra uttam tāhā sādhāraṇ nahe

yāhāra sādhane hay pratyakṣānubhav

susukha se dharma hay avyay baibhav

Text 2: This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realisation, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed.

yāhāra se śraddhā nāi ohe parantap

ei dharma vijñānete vṛthā japatap

se āmāke nāhi pāy jāniha niścay

mṛtyu saṁsārera pathe nirantar ray

Text 3: Those who are not faithful in this devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of enemies. Therefore they return to the path of birth and death in this material world.

avyakta ye nirviśeṣ āmār-i rūp

jagata vyāpiyā thāki anirdiṣṭa rūp

āmāte jagat sab nā āmi tāhāte

pariṇām hay tāhā āmāra śaktite

Text 4: By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.

āmāra śaktite thāke bhinna āmā hate

yogaiśvarya sei mor bujha bhāla mate

bhartā sakala bhūter nahi se bhūtastha

bhūta-bhṛt nām mor bhūtādi taṭastha

Text 5: And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. Behold My mystic opulence! Although I am the maintainer of all living entities and although I am everywhere, I am not a part of this cosmic manifestation, for My Self is the very source of creation.

ākāśa ār ye vāyu serūpa tulanā

ākāśa pṛthaka hate vāyura cālanā

ākāśa sarvatra vyāpta vāyu yathā thāke

tathā sarvabhūta sthita thāke ye āmāte

Text 6: Understand that as the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, rests always in the sky, all created beings rest in Me.

prakṛtir lay hale viśrāma āmāte

kalpārambhe hay sṛṣṭi punaḥ āmā hate

pralayer pare thāki āmi ye īśvar

sṛṣṭā-ṣṛṣta yāhā kichu āmāra kiṅkar

Text 7: O son of Kuntī, at the end of the millennium all material manifestations enter into My nature, and at the beginning of another millennium, by My potency, I create them again.

āmāra prakṛti dvārā sṛji punaḥ punaḥ

prakṛtira vaśe hay yata bhūta grām

Text 8: The whole cosmic order is under Me. Under My will it is automatically manifested again and again, and under My will it is annihilated at the end.

kintu dhanañjay tumi bujhibe niścay

prakṛtira kārye kabhu āmi lipta nay

udāsīn āmi sei prakṛtira kārye

āsakti nahe ta' mor prakṛti vidhārye

Text 9: O Dhanañjaya, all this work cannot bind Me. I am ever detached from all these material activities, seated as though neutral.

iṅgita-mātra se mor jaḍā-kārya kare

carācar yata kichu prasabe sabāre

jagat parivartana hay sei se kāraṇ

punaḥ punaḥ hay yata janama maraṇ

Text 10: This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, producing all moving and non-moving beings. Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.

āmāra manuṣyākār vigraha dekhiyā

mūḍha lok nāhi bujhe avajñā kariyā

āmi maheśvara ei jagata saṁsāre

āmāra parama bhāv ke bujhite pāre

Text 11: Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord of all that be.

āmāke avajñā tāi vyartha sab āśā

biphala karama tār jñānera jijñāsā

yāhāra āsurī bhāv rākṣasa svabhāv

chāḍe more māne śudhu prakṛti baibhav

prakṛti mohinī mūrti tāre jāri māre

māyāmay mūrti bale tāhārā āmāre

Text 12: Those who are thus bewildered are attracted by demonic and atheistic views. In that deluded condition, their hopes for liberation, their fruitive activities, and their culture of knowledge are all defeated.

kintu yevā mahātmā se ārādhya-prakṛti

āśraya laiyā kare bhajana saṅgati

ananya manete kare viśuddha bhajan

samasta bhūtera ādi āmāke takhan

Text 13: O son of Pṛthā, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.

lakṣaṇa se mahātmār hay vilakṣaṇ

mahimā āmār kare satata kīrtan

āmāra mahimā janya sarva karme rata

sakala viṣaye yata hao dṛḍha-vrata

Text 14: Always chanting My glories, endeavouring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.

bhaktira yājana ār praṇāma vijñapti

nitya-sevā upāsanā āmākei prāpti

yārā śuddha bhakta nahe kintu more bhaje

jñān yajña kari tārā tin-bhāve maje

ahaṁgraha upāsan ekatva se nām

pṛthakatve upāsanā pratīkopāsan

viśva-rūpa upāsanā anirdiṣṭa-rūp

nirākār-bhāv kimbā bhāve bahu-rūp

Text 15: Others, who engage in sacrifice by the cultivation of knowledge, worship the Supreme Lord as the one without a second, as diverse in many, and in the universal form.

āmi-i sei smārta-yajñe śrouta vaiśyadev

āmi-i se svadhā mantra ouṣadha vibhed

āmi-i se agni homa ghṛtādi sāmagrī

āmi pitā āmi mātā athavā vidhātṛ

Text 16: But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing herb, the transcendental chant. I am the butter and the fire and the offering.

āmi pitāmaha vedya pavitra oṁkār

āmi ṛk āmi sām yaju kiṁbā ār

Text 17: I am the father of the universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.

āmi gati āmi bhartā more sākṣī kara

āmi se śaraṇya-dhām prabhava pralaya

Text 18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.

āmi se utpatti sthiti vīja avyay

āmi vṛṣṭi āmi megh āmi mṛtyumay

āmi se amṛta tattva śuna he arjun

sadasad yāhā kichu āmi viśvarūp

Text 19: O Arjuna, I give heat, and I withhold and send forth the rain. I am immortality, and I am also death personified. Both spirit and matter are in Me.

karma-kāṇḍa veda tray,          sādhane ye pūrṇa hay,

soma-ras pāne pāpa kṣay

yajña mor upāsanā,          yevā kare se sādhanā,

svarga-sukh prārthanā se kare

puṇyera phalete sei,          surendra lokete yāy,

divya-sukh bhog sethā kare

viśāla se svarga-sukh,          bhule yāy jaḍa duḥkha,

krame krame tāra puṇya hare

trayī dharma karma-kāṇḍa          payo-mukha viṣa-bhāṇḍa

amṛta bhāviyā yevā khāy

gatāgati kāma-lābh,          janme janme mahātāp,

tār janma adhaḥpāte yāy

Text 20: Those who study the Vedas and drink the soma juice, seeking the heavenly planets, worship Me indirectly. Purified of sinful reactions, they take birth on the pious, heavenly planet of Indra, where they enjoy godly delights.

Text 21: When they have thus enjoyed vast heavenly sense pleasure and the results of their pious activities are exhausted, they return to this mortal planet again. Thus those who seek sense enjoyment by adhering to the principles of the three Vedas achieve only repeated birth and death.

kintu ye ananya-bhāve more cintā kare

ekānta haiyā śudhu āmāke ye smare

sei nitya-yukta bhakta āmāra se priya

ye sukha cāhaye sei hay mor deya

āmi tār yogakṣem bahi lai yāi

āmā vinā anya tār kona cintā nāi

Text 22: But those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on My transcendental form-to them I carry what they lack, and I preserve what they have.

itara devatā yevā pūje śraddhā kari

śeo āmāke pūje vidhi dharma chāḍi

Text 23: Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only Me, O son of Kuntī, but they do so in a wrong way.

sarva yajñeśvara āmi prabhu āra bhoktā

se kathā bujhe nā yārā nahe tattva-vettā

ataev tattva-jñān haite vicyuta

pratīkopāsanā sei tāttvika vismṛta

Text 24: I am the only enjoyer and master of all sacrifices. Therefore, those who do not recognise My true transcendental nature fall down.

itara devatā yājī yāy devaloke

pitṛlok upāsak yāy pitṛloke

bhūt-pret upāsak bhūtaloke yāy

āmāke bhajana kare āmākei pāy

āmāra pūjana hay sakale sambhav

daridra hale-o nahe apekṣā vaibhav

Text 25: Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship the ancestors go to the ancestors; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; and those who worship Me will live with Me.

patra puṣpa phal jal bhakta more dyay

bhaktira kāraṇa sei grahaṇīya hay

yatna kari mor bhakta yāhā kichu dyay

santuṣṭa haiyā lai bhaktira prabhāy

nirapekṣa bhakta tumi e mora niścaya

tomāra ye kāryakram saba bhakti haya

Text 26: If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, I will accept it.

ataev kara yāhā bhog yajña tap

arpaṇa karaha tumi āmāke sesab

Text 27: Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerities you perform—do that, O son of Kuntī, as an offering to Me.

śubhāśubha phal yāhā hay tāhā dvārā

tāhāra bandhana hate mukt tumi sārā

sei se sannyāsa-yog karite yuyāy

yāhāra phalete lok more prāpta haya

Text 28: In this way you will be freed from bondage to work and its auspicious and inauspicious results. With your mind fixed on Me in this principle of renunciation, you will be liberated and come to Me.

āmi ta' sakala bhūte dekhi samabhāv

nahe keha priya mor dveṣya vā prabhāv

kintu sei bhaje more bhakti-yukta hai

se āmāte āmi tāte āsakta ye rai

Text 29: I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him.

ananya ye bhakta yadi kabhu durācār

bhajana karaye more ekaniṣṭhatār

se sādhu mantavya hay samyag vyavasita

doṣa tār kichu nay se ye dṛḍha-vrata

Text 30: Even if one commits the most abominable action, if he is engaged in devotional service he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated in his determination.

ati-śīghra yābe sei bhāva durācār

dharma-bhāv habe tār bhaktite āmār

he kaunteya! pratijñā e śunaha āmār

āmāra ye bhakta hay nāś nāhi tār

Text 31: He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kuntī, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes.

āmāke āśray kari yevā pāp-yoni

mlecchādi yavan kimbā beśyā madhye gaṇi

kimbā vaiśya śūdra yadi āmāra āśray

pāibe vaikuṇṭha gati jāniha niścay

Text 32: O son of Pṛthā, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth—women, vaiśyas (merchants) and śūdras (workers)—can attain the supreme destination.

brāḥmaṇa kṣatriya yārā tādera ki kathā

puṇyavāna hay tārā jānibe sarvathā

ataev e anitya saṁsāre āsiyā

bhajana karaha mor niścinte basiyā

Text 33: How much more this is so of the righteous brāhmaṇas, the devotees and the saintly kings. Therefore, having come to this temporary, miserable world, engage in loving service unto Me.

manmanā madbhakta mor bhajana pūjan

āmāke praṇām tumi kara sarvakṣaṇ

matpara haye tumi nija kārya kara

avaśya pāibe more jāna ihā kara

Text 34: Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become My devotee, offer obeisances to Me and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.

bhaktivedānta kahe śrī-gītāra gān

śune yadi śuddha bhakta kṛṣṇagata-prāṇ

Thus Bhaktivedānta sings the song of Śrī Gītā, with the hope that hearing this, Kṛṣṇa conscious pure devotees will be pleased.

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GG 8 Attaining the Supreme - GG 10 The Opulence of the Absolute