📿 Shloka Collection

Rajavidya Rajaguhyam

Gita 9.2 Bhagavad Gita
📖 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 9 — Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga
राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम् ।
प्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम् ॥
Rajavidya rajaguhyam pavitram idam uttamam
Pratyakshavagamam dharmyam susukham kartum avyayam
राजविद्या
the king of all knowledge
राजगुह्यं
the supreme secret
पवित्रम्
purifying
उत्तमम्
the highest
प्रत्यक्षावगमं
directly perceivable through experience
धर्म्यं
in accordance with dharma
सुसुखं
very easy, joyful to practise
कर्तुम्
to practise, to follow
अव्ययम्
imperishable, never diminishing

Krishna calls this knowledge Rajavidya — the king among all forms of knowledge. It purifies, it aligns with dharma, and it can be known through direct experience. No external proof is needed.

When sunlight enters a dark room, the darkness does not argue — it simply leaves. This knowledge works that way on the mind. It dissolves inner confusion not through debate but through clarity.

The most striking part is 'susukham kartum' — it is joyful to practise. Krishna is saying that the highest spiritual path is not painful or complicated. It is within everyone's reach.

The title of Chapter 9, 'Rajavidya Rajaguhya Yoga,' comes alive in this shloka. The word 'pratyakshavagamam' signals that this knowledge is experiential, not merely intellectual.

The Mundaka Upanishad (1.1.4) distinguishes between para (higher) and apara (lower) knowledge. What Krishna calls Rajavidya here belongs to the para category — knowledge of the ultimate reality.

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