📿 Shloka Collection

Idam Tu Te

Gita 9.1 Bhagavad Gita
📖 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 9 — Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga
इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे ।
ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥
Idam tu te guhyatamam pravakshyamy anasuyave
Jnanam vijnanasahitam yaj jnatva mokshyase ashubhat
इदं
this
तु
but, however
ते
to you
गुह्यतमं
the most secret
प्रवक्ष्यामि
I shall speak, I shall tell
अनसूयवे
to the one free from fault-finding
ज्ञानं
knowledge
विज्ञानसहितं
along with direct experience
यज्ज्ञात्वा
knowing which
मोक्ष्यसे
you shall be freed
अशुभात्
from the inauspicious, from bondage

Krishna turns to Arjuna and says: because you do not find fault in me, I will share the deepest secret with you. This is not book-knowledge alone. It comes with vijnan — direct inner experience. And knowing it, you will be free from all that binds you.

Think of an elder in the family who has lived through everything — joys, losses, hard-won wisdom. That elder does not share the real lessons with just anyone. Only the one who listens without suspicion, without nitpicking, receives the full truth. Krishna sees that quality in Arjuna.

The word 'guhyatamam' means the most secret of secrets. Not secret because it is hidden, but because it requires a certain readiness of heart. Without that openness, even the finest teaching passes right through.

This is the opening shloka of Chapter 9, setting the stage for the entire chapter. Chapters 7 and 8 laid the groundwork of knowledge and devotion. Now Chapter 9 reveals their deepest dimension.

The Kathopanishad echoes the same idea: this knowledge is given only to the one who approaches with shraddha. Anasuyave — freedom from fault-finding — is one expression of that shraddha.

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