Raja-vidya Raja-guhya Yoga

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21. They, having enjoyed that spacious world of Svarga, their merit (punya)

exhausted, enter the world of the mortals; thus following the Dharma of the

Triad, desiring (objects of) desires, they attain to the state of going and

returning.

 

22. Those men who, meditating on Me as non-separate, worship Me all around - to

them who are ever devout, I secure gain and safety.

 

23. Even those who, devoted to other Gods, worship Them with faith, worship

Myself, O son of Kunti, in ignorance.

 

24. I am indeed the Enjoyer, as also the Lord, of all sacrifices; but they do

not know Me in truth; whence they fail.

 

25. Votaries of the Gods go to the Gods; to the Pitris go the votaries of the

Pitris; to the Bhutas go the worshippers of the Bhutas; My worshippers come to

Myself.

 

26. When one offers to Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, water - that

I eat, offered with devotion by the pure-minded.

 

27. Whatever thou doest, whatever thou eatest, whatever thou sacrificest,

whatever thou givest, in whatever austerity thou engagest, do it as an offering

to Me.

 

28. Thus shalt thou be liberated from the bonds of actions which are productive

of good and evil results; equipped in mind with the Yoga of renunciation and

liberated, thou shalt come to Me.

 

29. The same I am to all beings; to Me there is none hateful or dear; but whoso

worship Me with devotion, they are in Me and I am also in them.

 

30. If one of even very evil life worships Me, resorting to none else, he must

indeed be deemed righteous, for he is rightly resolved.

 

31. Soon he becomes righteous and attains eternal peace; do thou, O son of

Kunti, proclaim that my devotee never perishes.

 

32. For, finding refuge in Me, they also who, O son of Pritha, may be of a

sinful birth - women, vaisyas as well as sudras - even they attain to the

Supreme Goal.

 

33. How mush more then the holy Brahmanas and devoted royal saints! Having

reached this transient joyless world, do thou worship Me.

 

34. Fix thy mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me. Thus

steadied, with Me as thy Supreme Goal, thou shalt reach Myself, the Self.