Chapter 9 · Verse 33

Yoga through the King of Sciences

किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा। अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम्

kiṁ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣhayas tathā anityam asukhaṁ lokam imaṁ prāpya bhajasva mām

Word Meanings

kim — what; punaḥ — then; brāhmaṇāḥ — sages; puṇyāḥ — meritorius; bhaktāḥ — devotees; rāja-ṛiṣhayaḥ — saintly kings; tathā — and; anityam — transient; asukham — joyless; lokam — world; imam — this; prāpya — having achieved; bhajasva — engage in devotion; mām — unto me

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Translation

How much more so, then, for the righteous sages and devoted saintly kings? Therefore, having come to this transient and joyless world, worship Me.

Commentary

किम् पुनः how much more? ब्राह्मणाः Brahmins? पुण्याः holy? भक्ताः devoted? राजर्षयः royal saints? तथा also? अनित्यम् impermanent? असुखम् unhappy? लोकम् world? इमम् this? प्राप्य having obtained? भजस्व worship? माम् Me.Commentary Rajarshis are kings who have become saints while discharging the duties of the kingdom.It is very difficult to get a human birth which is the means of attaining the goal of life. Being born in this human body you should lead a life of devotion to the Lord. In the human body alone will you have the power to reflect (VicharaSakti)? discrimination and dispassion. Even the gods envy the human birth.This body is impermanent. It perishes soon. It brings pain of various sorts. So give up the efforts for securing happiness and comfort for this body. If you do not aim at Selfrealisation even after attaining a human birth? you live in vain you are wasting your life and you are a slayer of the Self. You will again and again be caught in the wheel of birth and death.