Chapter 9 • Verse 19

Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga

The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret

Sanskrit Verse

Tapamy aham aham varsham nigrihnamy utsrijami ca, amritam caiva mrityush ca sad asac caham arjuna

Translation & Meaning

I give heat, I withhold and send forth rain. I am immortality and I am also death; I am being and non-being, O Arjuna. The Lord is the totality of all opposites — the principle that underlies all dualities and encompasses the full range of cosmic phenomena.

Key Teachings

  • •God encompasses all opposites — life and death, being and non-being
  • •Natural phenomena like rain and heat are direct expressions of divine will
  • •Transcending duality means recognising the Lord in all contrasts

Topics

dualitycosmic forcesdivine controloppositesomnipotence
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