Rāja Vidyā Yog: Yog through the King of Sciences

Chapter 9: With 34 verses or shlokas, the ninth chapter is of intermediate length and is completely a monologue by Lord Bhagavan Sri Krishna.

Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Shloka 1-34): 34 Shlokas

Brief Summary: In this chapter, the lord imparts the most confidential wisdom to relieve one of the miseries of material existence. The knowledge and corresponding methods provided by the lord shall help in liberating from inauspiciousness. 

• Bound by the cycle of birth and death until god realization.
• All of creation and its creatures are within Krishna, but he is beyond all of them.
• Just as the wind rests in the sky, all human beings rest in Krishna.
• All things are manifested from Krishna at the time of creation but go back to him during annihilation. This process of creation and annihilation is cyclic at the will of the lord.
• Lord Krishna is unbiased/neutral, transcendental, and unaffected by his actions.
• Demonic=atheistic=never attains Krishna.
• Evolved sense of self (i.e., found in great devotees who always chant my glory, worship me with devotion, and bow down before me)--> under the protection of divine nature.
• Knowledge will also lead to unity with the lord.
• Krishna= ritual=scarifice=offering to ancestors=healing herb=transcendental chant=fuel of the offering (butter and fire).
• Krishna=syllabal Om= three Vedas= father=mother=sustainer=proteector of the universe.
• Krishna=master=sustainer=witness=abode=friend=eternal seed
• Krishna=Heat & Rain=spirit matter.
• Birth in higher celestial planets for those with knowledge of the three Vedas. However, when the results of their pious activities are exhausted, they fall back into the realm of mortals. 
• Those devotees attain liberation who worship with exclusive devotion and meditate on the transcendental form of Krishna.
• Those who worship demigods are also trying to attain me but are using the wrong approach.
• Worship of demigods--> attain demigods
• Worship of ancestors--> attain ancestors
• Worship of ghost & spirit --> Will take birth among such beings
• Worship the Lord --> Live with the Lord
• Krishna will accept it if one offers a leaf, flower, fruit, or water with love and devotion.
• Offer everything that you do, eat, and perform to Krishna. This will free you from bondage from the results of the action.
• I envy nobody; I am impartial and equal to all.
• Even if somebody has bad tendencies but is a devoted Krishna follower, that person is on the correct path and considered virtuous. Such a person will quickly return to the path of dharma and long-lasting peace.
• Everyone can attain Krishna irrespective of their birth, birth caste, gender, and tendencies when they take refuge in Krishna.

Anityam asukam lokam (i.e., the world is temporary and full of misery) for all. Therefore strive to attain Lord Krishna.

Favorite Shlokas:

Shloka 6:

yathākāśha-sthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatra-go mahān

tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni mat-sthānītyupadhāraya

Shloka 17:

ahaṁ kratur ahaṁ yajñaḥ svadhāham aham auṣhadham

mantro ’ham aham evājyam aham agnir ahaṁ hutam

pitāham asya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ

vedyaṁ pavitram oṁkāra ṛik sāma yajur eva cha