SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 9<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 9 verse 1<\/a><\/p>\n rAjavidhyA rAjaguhyam pavithram idham uththamam |<\/em> idham – this bhakthi yOga This bhakthi yOga is the best among vidhyA (knowledge\/path), the best among secrets, the best among those which remove sins, the one that helps in realisation (of me, krishNa), the means to attain me, easy to perform and imperishable (even after bestowing the results).<\/p>\n ‘Sovereign knowledge is this, and sovereign mystery \u2014sanctifying and best; conducive to realization; inseparable from Dharma; most agreeable to practise; and unfailing.’<\/span><\/p>\n R\u0101ja-vidy\u0101<\/em>=Kingly knowledge, or knowledge most supreme.<\/span><\/p>\n R\u0101ja-guhyam<\/em>=Kingly mystery, or mystery of the highest kind.<\/span><\/p>\n Kings are those of large and deep hearts. So is this kingly knowledge one, appropriate to those having such minds (or hearts). Only people of lofty minds possess the discretion as to what things they must keep secret (or sacred from profane view). To these is this knowledge, a sacred mystery, pure and,<\/span><\/p>\n Pavitram<\/em>=sanctifying=having the virtue to cleanse all taints which prevent My being gained.<\/span><\/p>\n Pratyaksh-\u0101vagamam<\/em>. Avagamam is that which is apprehended, and therefore an object of apprehension, or direct perception[1. Krishna Incarnate is here considered as Virtue itself having taken that Form, which could be actually Dharmyam<\/em>=that which is inseparable from Dharma, (righteousness, virtue). The quality of virtue or righteousness is known to be the means to effect spiritual consummation (ni\u015b\u015breyas<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n In itself, by very nature, the practice of virtue is happiness. But when it is found capable of making Me present (or revealed to the devotee), it is, while itself a most pleasant quality to cultivate, is besides the way leading to the exquisitely blissful Goal, Myself.<\/span><\/p>\n Hence it is su-sukham<\/em>=most pleasant or agreeable to practice. Being so congenial, it (the knowledge I am going to reveal) is one which must, in gratefulness and love, be acceptable. (It is also),<\/span><\/p>\n Avyayam<\/em>=akshayam<\/em>= unfailing=imperishable. For, God-love (bhakti<\/em>), is one which does not cease as soon as I am reached, but it continues unabatingly thereafter.<\/span><\/p>\n I reckon, that, when to a loving devotee of this kind I deliver My Own Self entirely, even then that is no sufficient compensation for the love he has borne (for Me). I reckon too that even when I have given My own Self to them, I have done little or nothing for him. That is how I think of My beloved lovers.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 9 verse 3<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 1 SlOkam \u2013 Original rAjavidhyA rAjaguhyam pavithram idham uththamam | prathyakshAvagamam dharmyam susukham karthum avyayam || word-by-word meaning idham – this bhakthi yOga rAja vidhyA – best among vidhyA (knowledge\/path) rAja guhyam – best among secrets uththamam pavithram – … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-9","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n prathyakshAvagamam dharmyam susukham karthum avyayam ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nrAja vidhyA – best among vidhyA (knowledge\/path)
\nrAja guhyam – best among secrets
\nuththamam pavithram – best among those which remove sins
\nprathyakshAvagamam – one that helps in realisation (of me, krishNa)
\ndharmyam – being the means to attain me
\nsusukham karthum – easy to perform
\navyayam – imperishable (even after bestowing the results)<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\nseen and felt by men. In Bh\u0101gavata<\/em>, Rudra praises K\u1e5bish\u1e47a thus: \u2018Namo dharm\u0101ya<\/em> b\u1e5bihate K\u1e5bish\u1e47\u0101y-\u0101kun\u1e6dha medhase.\u2019 Also Bh\u0101rata<\/em> says: \u2018K\u1e5bish\u1e47am dharmam<\/em> sanatanam\u2019.]. Hence that fact which becomes a real perceived fact in consciousness is pratyaksh-\u0101vagamam<\/em>. The import of this is that, worshipped in loving devotion (bhakti<\/em>), I immediately reveal Myself to the devotee. Then, also, it is,<\/span><\/p>\n
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