Chapter 9

Rāja-vidyā (राज-विद्या)

The king of knowings. A leaf, a flower, a fruit, water.

Summary

Chapter 9 is called the king of knowings. Unmanifest in form, he sustains beings and does not stand in them. Fools slight him when he has taken a human body. A leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water, offered, is received. The chapter's worship is this nearness, not a distant bargain.

नेपालीमा

अध्याय ९ लाई राजविद्या भनिन्छ। रूपमा अव्यक्त भएर उहाँले प्राणीहरूलाई धान्नुहुन्छ, तर आफू तिनमा उभिनुहुन्न। मानिसको शरीर लिँदा मूर्खहरूले उहाँलाई तुच्छ ठान्छन्। पात, फूल, फल वा जल चढाइयो भने उहाँले ग्रहण गर्नुहुन्छ। यस अध्यायको पूजा यही नजिकको पूजा हो, टाढाको मोलतोल होइन।

1–10 श्रीभगवान् Śrī Bhagavān · The king of knowings

Summary

The king of knowings, the king of secrets, because it is seen and easy to practice. Beings rest in him and he does not rest in them. At the end of a kalpa beings enter his nature, and at the beginning he sends them forth again. He is not bound by that action. The section is the sovereignty that does not stand inside the world it holds.

नेपालीमा

राजविद्या र राजगुह्य, किनभने यो प्रत्यक्ष देखिन्छ र गर्न सजिलो छ। प्राणीहरू उहाँमा रहन्छन्, तर उहाँ तिनमा रहनुहुन्न। कल्पको अन्त्यमा प्राणीहरू उहाँको प्रकृतिमा पस्छन्, र आदिमा उहाँले तिनलाई फेरि पठाउनुहुन्छ। त्यस कर्मले उहाँ बाँधिनुहुन्न। यो खण्ड आफूले धारण गरेको संसारभित्र नउभिने ऐश्वर्य हो।

11–25 श्रीभगवान् Śrī Bhagavān · Who slights, and who worships

Summary

Who slights, and who worships. Fools slight him in a human body. The great souls, knowing him as the imperishable source, worship with a steadiness of vows. He is the ritual, the offering, the fire, and the receiver. Worshippers of the gods go to the gods. Those who sacrifice to him come to him. The section sorts the destinations by the worship.

नेपालीमा

को तुच्छ ठान्छ, को पुज्छ। मूर्खहरूले मानिसको शरीरमा रहेका उहाँलाई तुच्छ ठान्छन्। महान् आत्माहरूले उहाँलाई अविनाशी स्रोत जानेर व्रतको स्थिरताका साथ पुज्छन्। उहाँ विधि, आहुति, आगो र ग्रहण गर्ने हुनुहुन्छ। देवता पुज्नेहरू देवताकहाँ जान्छन्। उहाँलाई यज्ञ गर्नेहरू उहाँकहाँ आउँछन्। यो खण्डले पूजाअनुसार गन्तव्य छुट्याउँछ।

9.11The confused slight me, dwelling in a human body, not knowing my higher being, the great lord of beings.9.12Empty in hope, empty in action, empty in knowledge, mind scattered, they resort to a bewildering rākṣasa (राक्षस) and asura (असुर) nature.9.13But the great-selved, son of Pṛthā (पृथा), resorting to a divine nature, worship me with a mind that has no other, knowing the imperishable beginning of beings.9.14Constantly praising me, and striving, firm in their vows, and bowing to me with devotion, always yoked, they worship.9.15Others too, sacrificing with the sacrifice of knowledge, worship me, whose face is turned everywhere, by oneness, by separateness, in many ways.9.16I am the rite, I am the sacrifice, I am the svadhā (स्वधा), I am the herb, I am the mantraḥ (मन्त्रः), I am the butter, I am the fire, I am what is poured.9.17I am the father of this world, the mother, the ordainer, the grandfather, what is to be known, the purifier, the syllable om (ॐ), and the ṛk (ऋक्), the sāma (साम), and the yajus (यजुस्).9.18I am the goal, the bearer, the lord, the witness, the dwelling, the refuge, the friend, the origin, the dissolution, the place, the store, the imperishable seed.9.19I heat, I hold the rain back and I release it, I am the deathless and death, and I am what is and what is not, Arjuna (अर्जुन).9.20Knowers of the three Vedas, drinkers of soma (सोम), their evils cleansed, worship me with sacrifices and pray for the way to heaven; reaching that merit, the world of Indra (इन्द्र), they enjoy divine pleasures in heaven.9.21Having enjoyed that wide heaven, they enter the world of mortals when their merit is spent; thus followers of the three-Veda dharma, desiring desires, obtain going and coming.9.22Those people who worship me, thinking of nothing else, I carry their yoga and their welfare.9.23Even the devotees of other gods who sacrifice, endowed with faith, sacrifice also to me alone, son of Kuntī (कुन्ती), though not by the prescribed way.9.24For I am the enjoyer and the lord of all sacrifices; but they do not know me as I really am, and so they fall.9.25Those vowed to the gods go to the gods; those vowed to the ancestors go to the ancestors; those who sacrifice to beings go to beings; those who sacrifice to me go also to me.QuizFive questions on Who slights, and who worships.

26–34 श्रीभगवान् Śrī Bhagavān · A leaf, a flower, a fruit, water

Summary

A leaf, a flower, a fruit, water. Offered with devotion, that is received. Whatever is done, eaten, sacrificed, or given, do it as an offering to him. He is the same to all. Even a doer of evil who turns and worships becomes a man of dharma. The mind on him, the bow still in the next chapters, this section is the near worship chapter 12 will prefer.

नेपालीमा

पात, फूल, फल, जल। भक्तिपूर्वक चढाए ग्रहण हुन्छ। जे गरिन्छ, खाइन्छ, होम गरिन्छ वा दिइन्छ, त्यो उहाँलाई अर्पण गरेझैँ गर। उहाँ सबैमा समान हुनुहुन्छ। पाप गर्ने मानिस पनि फर्केर पुज्यो भने धर्मवान् हुन्छ। मन उहाँमा छ, धनुष पछिल्ला अध्यायहरूमा निश्चल छ। यो खण्ड अध्याय १२ ले रुचाउने नजिकको पूजा हो।