The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret

The Supreme Lord said: To you who are free from envy, I shall now reveal this most…

This knowledge is the king of all knowledge, the king of all secrets

Those who have no faith in this dharma, O scorcher of foes, fail to attain Me and return…

This entire universe is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest form

And yet beings do not truly dwell in Me — behold My divine mystic power

Just as the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, always rests in space, understand that…

At the end of a cosmic cycle, O son of Kunti, all beings merge into My material nature

Presiding over My own material nature, I create this entire multitude of beings again and…

These actions do not bind Me, O Arjuna

Under My supervision, material nature produces all moving and non-moving beings

The foolish disregard Me when I appear in human form, not knowing My supreme nature as…

Beguiled by the deluding material nature, their hopes are in vain, their actions are in…

But the great souls, O Partha, who take shelter of My divine nature, worship Me with…

Always chanting My glories, striving with firm resolve, bowing down to Me with devotion,…

Others worship Me through the sacrifice of knowledge — seeing Me as one, as separate, and…

I am the Vedic ritual, I am the sacrifice, I am the ancestral offering, I am the healing…

I am the father of this universe, the mother, the sustainer, and the grandsire

I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge, and the…

I give heat, I withhold and release the rain

The knowers of the three Vedas, the drinkers of soma, purified of sins, worship Me…

Having enjoyed the vast heavenly realm, when their merit is exhausted, they return to the…

To those who worship Me with exclusive devotion, always thinking of Me, I carry what they…

Even those devotees who worship other gods with faith are actually worshipping Me alone,…

For I alone am the enjoyer and the Lord of all sacrifices

Worshippers of the celestials go to the celestials; worshippers of the ancestors go to…

Whoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water — that offering of…

Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give,…

Thus you shall be freed from the bondage of action and its good and bad results

I am equally disposed to all beings

Even if the most sinful person worships Me with exclusive devotion, that person should be…

Quickly such a person becomes righteous and attains lasting peace

O Partha, those who take refuge in Me — even if they are of sinful birth, women,…

How much more then the pious brahmins and the devoted saintly kings

Fix your mind on Me, be My devotee, worship Me, and bow down to Me