In the ninth chapter Lord Krishna reveals the greatest secret. He says that the biggest reward, the biggest gain, comes from worshiping Him as the Lord, worshiping any one else results in smaller gain. He speaks of devotion and the results of devotion and tells that even a sinner who becomes a devotee, and worships Him attains salvation.
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Lord Krishna says : Partha, because you see no fault, I will tell you the Supreme Secret along with knowledge and wisdom, the knowledge of which will set you free you from this world filled with sorrow.
This knowledge is eternal knowledge, it is the highest knowledge, it is the biggest secret, it is the purest, it is in accordance with the scriptures, and with righteous conduct, it can be obtained through direct experience, and it is both simple, and easy to practice.
People who have no faith in this path do not reach Me, and remain stuck in this world of birth and death.
Infinite and Limitless, I am neither seen nor can I be described by words or by any other means. By that very Infinite and Limitless Form of Mine, I pervade the entire creation.
All beings reside in Me. They are in Me, but I am not in them.
Even then, all existences do not abide in Me. Look at My divine mystery, My divine secret. My Spirit, My Atma, which is the source, the origin of all beings; while it supports all beings, it does not reside in them, it does not abide in them.
Understand this; just as the fast blowing wind is ever present in the sky, so too, do all existences abide and reside in Me.
Keeping My Nature under control, I bring all this multitude of beings into existence again and again; who, being completely under the control of My Nature, are absolutely helpless.
These acts and actions of Mine do not bind Me, because I am not attached to these actions, I remain detached and untouched by them.
Under My supervision, this Nature gives birth to the moving and the unmoving, the animate and the inanimate. The cycle of the world revolves because of this.
The ignorant, when I take on a human or other body, not knowing Me, ignore Me, because they do not know My Supreme Nature, which is the cause and the master of all born things, of all beings.
Those who are of the demonic and evil temperament, their ambitions are of no use, their knowledge is of no use, and they lose the power of discrimination.
Those great souls who are freed from delusion and attachment, who remain in the divine state, they consider Me as the eternal, imperishable source of all living things, and worship Me without distraction and with full faith.
Always singing My praises, always striving to attain Me, to reach Me, and ever steady and firm in their resolves, bowing to Me in faith, always engaged in yoga, they worship Me.
Some offering knowledge as sacrifice worship Me. They consider Me to be of one Form and also of many Forms, facing all directions. They worship Me in many ways and with full faith.
I am the ritual. I am the sacrifice. I am the offering of food to the ancestors. I am the medicine. I am the chant. I am the ghee, the clarified butter. I am the fire. I am the sacrifice, I am the oblation too.
I am the father and the mother of this world. I am the shelter giver and the grandsire. I am the goal and I am the object of knowledge and wisdom. I am the purifier.
I am the sound AUM. I am the Rig, the Sama, and the Yajur Veda.
I am the aim, the objective. I carry out orders. I am the Lord. I am the witness. I am the abode. I am the shelter.
I am the dear friend. I am the cause of birth and of destruction and death too. I am the place of rest and I am the eternal seed too.
I give the summer heat, I make it rain and I stop the rain too. I am immortal, I do not die; at the same time I am death too.
I am truth, and I am untruth. I am matter and I am Spirit, the Atma too.
Those who know all the Vedas, those who partake of nectar, and who are freed from all sins, those people, worshiping Me through sacrifices to attain heaven, pray only to Me. They all go to the pure realm of heaven, and there they enjoy the pleasures and luxuries of the gods.
When after enjoying the pleasures and luxuries of vast and splendid heaven, their merit is exhausted, they again return to this world. In this way, as told in the scriptures, doing their righteous duty, they are subject to the cycle of life and death.
But those devotees who selflessly, always worship Me, for them I take on the responsibility and the burden of fulfilling all their desires and all their needs. I also protect all that they have, I protect all that they own.
Those who propitiate and worship other deities, they too worship only Me, though they do not know it, and their worship remains incomplete.
It is I who enjoy all the sacrifices. I am the Lord of all sacrifices as well. But those who do not know Me in My true Form, they fall and are born again.
Those who worship the deities go to the deities, those who worship the ancestors go to the ancestors, those who worship the spirits and the ghosts go to them, and those who worship Me come to Me.
Whosoever with love and faith offers Me a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or even water, that offering of his, given with faith and pure heart, I readily and happily accept.
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever sacrifice you do, whatever charity you give, whatever austerity you do, do them all understanding them to be gifts given only to Me.
By doing so you will be freed from both the pleasant and the unpleasant, the good and the bad consequences, from the fruit and the reward of your actions, which are the cause of bondage.
Putting your mind firmly and steadily on the path of renouncing all the rewards of all actions, you will be freed, you will be liberated and attain to Me only.
I am the same for every one. I am totally impartial. I do not favour anyone, nor do I discriminate against anyone, I neither hate nor love anyone. But those who, with full faith worship Me, they are in Me and I am also in them.
Even the biggest sinner, if he worships Me with full faith and devotion, gets liberated. He should be regarded as righteous, because he has rightly resolved.
Very quickly he becomes a righteous person, gets abiding peace, and gains salvation. Understand this for certain that My devotee will never perish.
Those who seek shelter and refuge in Me, though they be lowly born, though they be the biggest of sinners, they too, coming into My fold, coming into My refuge, get liberated.
Then what to say of the seekers of Brahm, the righteous and virtuous people, the devotees, and royal sages like you! Having been born into this temporary world full of sorrow, do you now propitiate Me, worship Me.
Therefore, Partha, fix your mind on Me, become My devotee, worship Me, bow to Me. In this way, keeping yourself in discipline, making Me as your only goal and your only objective, you will definitely attain Me, you will definitely reach Me.
End of Chapter Nine
OM Shanti Shanti Shanti OM
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