Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret: Verse 33
किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणा: पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा ।
अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम् ॥
kiṃ punar-brāhmaṇā: puṇyā
bhaktā rājarṣayas-tathā
anityam-asukhaṃ lokamimaṃ
prāpya bhajasva mām – 9.33
What to speak then of holy brāhmaṇas, pious devotees and royal saints? Having come to this fleeting world, devoid of happiness, worship Me, the Supreme.
Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret - Verse 33
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Krishna, as a true instructor, exhorts Arjuna, and all like him, in very clear terms what they should do having been born here in this world.
If even vicious people find it safe to foster exclusive devotion to the Supreme, why should there be any second thought for celebrated brāhmaṇas and the warrior community like Arjuna’s to take to such worship, asks Krishna pertinently to inspire Arjuna. Exclusive devotion has the power to enrich and empower the mind so greatly, that everyone will feel drawn to it without any resistance.
The effect will be more when one ponders how fleeting and devoid of true happiness the world is. How well does Krishna instil discrimination and dispassion in Arjuna and similar seekers! Sādhanā advances and fruitions much faster with dispassion. Comparisons and contrasts like this provide an additional inspiration.
