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Chapter 9 · Verse 2 · Raja Vidya Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 9.2

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Sanskrit

राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम्। प्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम्।।9.2।।

Transliteration

rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyaṁ pavitram idam uttamam pratyakṣhāvagamaṁ dharmyaṁ su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam

Word by Word

rāja-vidyā the king of sciences
rāja-guhyam the most profound secret
pavitram pure
idam this
uttamam highest
pratyakṣha directly perceptible
avagamam directly realizable
dharmyam virtuous
su-sukham easy
kartum to practice
avyayam everlasting
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals the supreme knowledge that dissolves the veil between the knower and the known—not hidden in distant monasteries or abstract philosophies, but available to any sincere heart willing to turn inward. This is the king of all sciences because it governs not just the mind but the very fabric of reality itself, accessible through direct perception when the heart is purified.

The path is virtuous, requiring no exotic rituals or impossible renunciations, but simply the willingness to know yourself as you already are. In our modern scramble for credentials and external validation, Krishna offers us the revolutionary invitation: the deepest knowledge is neither difficult nor distant—it lives in the ground of your own being.

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Bhagavad Gita 9.2 — BG 9.2

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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