9. King of Sciences

Rāja Vidyā Yog

BG 9.12

Their hopes are futile, their actions are useless, and their knowledge is ineffective. They are demonic and godless.

मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः
राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः

  • moghāśhā — of vain hopes
    mogha-āśhāḥ

  • mogha-karmāṇo — of vain actions

    • mogha

    • karmāṇo

  • mogha-jñānā — of vain knowledge

    • mogha

    • jñānā

  • vichetasaḥ — deluded

  • rākṣhasīm — demonic

  • āsurīṁ — atheistic

  • chaiva — and certainly

    • cha — and

    • eva — certainly

  • prakṛitiṁ — material energy

  • mohinīṁ — bewildered

  • śhritāḥ — take shelter

...9.10

Fools ignore me when they see me in human form. They do not know my transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord of everything.

[11]

Their hopes are futile, their actions are useless, and their knowledge is ineffective. They are demonic and godless.

[12]

The great souls who have taken refuge in my divine nature render service without hesitation, knowing me as the imperishable source of everything.

[13]

They are diligent in chanting my name, are determined in showing their respect for me, and remain perpetually engaged in worship.

[14]

There are also others who worship me through the cultivation of knowledge. They worship me as the oneness in duality and diversity, and by my diverse cosmic manifestations.

[15]

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Chapter 9, Verse 12