Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret: Verse 24
अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च ।
न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते ॥
ahaṃ hi sarva-yajñānāṃ
bhoktā ca prabhur-eva ca
na tu mām-abhijānanti
tattvenātaś-cyavanti te – 9.24
I (the Supreme) am the only enjoyer and Lord of all sacrifices. But people do not know Me essentially like this, and hence they fall away from Me.
Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret - Verse 24
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
There is no need to conceive many deities and powers. If you pour water at the bottom of a tree, it will reach and serve all its parts, including leaves, buds, flowers and fruits. Propitiating the Supreme is like this, as everything is its manifestation alone.
Knowing the Supreme in this light is the right spiritual knowledge. People fail in this, and consequently indulge in multifarious worship practices, thinking that each of them has its special result. As desires are manifold, the worship they trigger also becomes variegated.
The outcome is that the devotional effort, instead of being singular, exclusive and non-dual, becomes manifold. Plural involvement contradicts the very concept of the Supreme, and hence the worshippers of plural deities fall away from the true objective of devotion, viz. realization of God, the Self. Lack of right understanding is the sole cause of this plight.
