BHAGVAD GITA

NINE: THE SCIENCE OF SCIENCES AND
THE MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES

“Lord Shri Krishna said: I will now reveal to thee, since thou doubtest not, that profound
mysticism, which when followed by experience, shall liberate thee from sin.


This is the Premier Science, the Sovereign Secret, the Purest and Best; intuitional,
righteous; and to him who practiseth it pleasant beyond measure.


They who have no faith in this teaching cannot find Me, but remain lost in the purlieus of
this perishable world.


The whole world is pervaded by Me, yet My form is not seen. All living things have their
being in Me, yet I am not limited by them.


Nevertheless, they do not consciously abide in Me. Such is My Divine Sovereignty that
though I, the Supreme Self, am the cause and upholder of all, yet I remain outside.


As the mighty wind, though moving everywhere, has no resting place but space, so have
all these beings no home but Me.


All beings, O Arjuna, return at the close of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature,
which is a part of Me, and at the beginning of the next I send them forth again.


With the help of Nature, again and again I pour forth the whole multitude of beings,
whether they will or no, for they are ruled by My Will.


But these acts of mine do not bind Me. I remain outside and unattached.


Under my guidance, Nature produces all things movable and immovable. Thus it is,
O Arjuna, that this universe revolves.


Fools disregard Me, seeing Me clad in human form. They know not that in My higher
nature I am the Lord-God of all.


Their hopes are vain, their actions worthless, their knowledge futile; they are without
sense, deceitful, barbarous and godless.


But the Great Souls, O Arjuna! Filled with My Divine Spirit, they worship Me, they fix
their minds on Me and on Me alone, for they know that I am the imperishable Source of
being.


Always extolling Me, strenuous, firm in their vows, prostrating themselves before Me,
they worship Me continually with concentrated devotion.


Others worship Me with full consciousness as the One, the Manifold, the Omnipresent,
the Universal.


I am the Oblation, the Sacrifice and the Worship; I am the Fuel and the Chant, I am the
Butter offered to the fire, I am the Fire itself, and I am the Act of offering.