Bhagavad Gita 9.33किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा।अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम् ॥
kiṁ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣhayas
tathā anityam asukhaṁ lokam imaṁ prāpya bhajasva mām
Sanskrit recitation
Offer what you have · 9.26–9.34 · Teaching
Translation
How much more easily, then, do Brahmins and devoted royal saints attain the goal? Having come to this impermanent and unhappy world, do thou worship Me.
Hindi translation
जो पवित्र आचरणवाले ब्राह्मण और ऋषिस्वरूप क्षत्रिय भगवान् के भक्त हों, वे परमगतिको प्राप्त हो जायँ, इसमें तो कहना ही क्या है। इसलिये इस अनित्य और सुखरहित शरीरको प्राप्त करके तू मेरा भजन कर।
Meaning
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.
After Swami Sivananda
Offer what you have· 9.26–9.34→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 9.26Whoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or a little water, that, so…
- 9.27Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give,…
- 9.28Thus, you shall be freed from the bonds of actions yielding good and evil fruits; with the…
- 9.29I am the same to all beings; there is none hateful or dear to Me; but those who worship Me…
- 9.30Even if the most sinful worships Me, with devotion to no one else, he should indeed be…
- 9.31Soon he becomes righteous and attains eternal peace; O Arjuna, proclaim thou for certain…
- 9.32For, taking refuge in Me, they who, O Arjuna, may be of a sinful birth—women, Vaisyas, and…
9.33How much more easily, then, do Brahmins and devoted royal saints attain the goal? Having…
- 9.34Fix your mind on Me; be devoted to Me; sacrifice to Me; bow down to Me; having thus united…
Word-by-word→
- kim
- what
- imam
- this
- mām
- unto me
- lokam
- world
- tathā
- and
- anityam
- transient
- asukham
- joyless
- prāpya
- having achieved
- punaḥ
- then
- bhajasva
- engage in devotion
- bhaktāḥ
- devotees
- puṇyāḥ
- meritorius
- brāhmaṇāḥ
- sages
- rāja-ṛiṣhayaḥ
- saintly kings
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