Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga
The Yoga of Royal Knowledge
34 verses
The supreme secret is given only to the non-envious - for envy is the one barrier that makes divine knowledge impossible to receive.
This knowledge is king among all sciences and secrets - it purifies completely, can be directly experienced, and once gained, is never lost.
Without faith, even the highest teaching cannot save you - you remain trapped in the endless cycle of birth and death, not because of punishment, but because you cannot receive what you do not trust.
I fill everything yet nothing contains Me - like space pervading all objects while being touched by none, the Divine is everywhere without being anywhere in particular.
Behold the supreme paradox: I sustain all beings yet remain untouched by them - the ocean holds the wave but is not held by it.
As the mighty wind moves everywhere yet always rests in space without disturbing it, so all beings exist in Me without affecting My eternal stillness.
All beings return to My cosmic womb at the end of creation's day, and when morning comes again, I breathe them forth anew - an eternal rhythm of cosmic sleep and awakening.
Wielding My own nature as an artist wields a brush, I paint forth all beings again and again - they follow nature's law helplessly, while I remain the free Creator behind the canvas.
The Master acts without being mastered by action - this is the secret of divine freedom.
Nature is the mother, Consciousness is the father - together they birth all existence.
To see only the form and miss the infinite behind it - this is the folly that keeps us spiritually blind.
When you anchor in delusion, everything you hope, do, and know becomes hollow - a castle built on clouds.
Great souls, rooted in divine nature, worship Krishna with undivided hearts, knowing Him as the imperishable source of all existence.
The great souls worship through constant glorification, unwavering resolve, humble prostration, and perpetual devotion - their entire being becomes an offering.
Whether through non-dual knowledge, devotional separation, or seeing the Divine in countless forms - all paths of sincere worship reach the one universal Reality.
I am the ritual and the sacrifice, the offering and the herb, the mantra and the ghee, the fire and what is offered into it - everything sacred is My own manifestation.
The entire cosmic family tree collapses into One - Krishna is simultaneously father, mother, grandfather, and the very syllable Om from which all Vedas emerge.
Krishna is the ultimate plot twist - He is both where you're going and where you came from, both the one who watches and the only place you can truly rest.
The Divine is the summer sun and the monsoon relief, the drought and the flood - He plays both sides of every duality because He alone is real.
Even sophisticated ritualists who reach heaven are on a round-trip ticket - great merit yields great pleasure, but all merit eventually exhausts.
Heaven is a vacation, not a destination - when the merit runs out, you return to the mortal world, trapped in the cycle of desire-driven coming and going.
The most intimate promise in the Gita: to those who think of Me alone with undivided attention, I personally carry what they lack and protect what they have.
All sincere worship reaches Me, even when directed to other forms - but without recognizing the Source, the approach remains incomplete.
I am the true enjoyer and Lord of all sacrifices - but those who do not recognize this truth fall back into the cycle.
You become what you worship - worship the infinite, become infinite; worship the limited, remain limited.
God does not weigh your offering; He weighs your love - a leaf given with devotion outweighs a kingdom given without.
Life itself becomes worship when every action, every bite, every gift, every effort is consciously offered to the Divine.
When action is offered rather than owned, both good and bad karma lose their binding power, and liberation is assured.
God plays no favorites - yet love creates a sacred reciprocity where the devotee dwells in the Divine and the Divine dwells in the devotee.
Even the worst sinner, if they turn to God with undivided heart, must be considered a saint - for they have made the one decision that matters.
Quickly they become righteous, quickly they find eternal peace - proclaim boldly, Arjuna: My devotee never perishes.
Birth circumstances cannot lock the gates of heaven - whoever takes refuge in the Divine reaches the supreme destination.
If even the marginalized attain the supreme, how much more so the learned and noble? In this impermanent, unhappy world, worship the Divine!
Fix your mind on Me, be My devotee, worship Me, bow to Me - thus absorbed in Me as your supreme goal, you shall surely come to Me.