Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret / Verse 22

Here is an assurance Krishna gives for devotees and seekers. It is of immense value, as it takes away the undue concern of seekers and devotees about the undulating course of their life, which generally tends to make them insecure on many accounts.

True devotion is a flow of the mind, filled with the thoughts of one’s goal, refuge and anchor. Once this is strong, unfaltering, that itself is sufficient to ensure the safety and fulfilment the seekers look for. The Supreme itself will see that such wholesome devotion is led to its own destined completion and fulfilment.

One’s welfare consists in the safety of whatever he has in the way of external and internal possessions (kshema), and then in getting whatever he needs for his progress and fulfilment (yoga). Krishna says the Supreme will ensure both these, yoga-kshema. All that is needed is to make one’s devotion exclusive and unbroken.