SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of Lord PaarTasArathy :
Today , we will study the NINTH Chapter of
SrImath Bhagvath GeethA .This chapter has
34 slOkams .
Swamy Desikan's summary of the 9th chapter
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Tann mEnmayum Tann piRappil taLarAt-tani nilayum
pannmEni naNInan paal piriyA anbar aasaikaLum
punnmEni ViNNavar paal puriyAtha Tann Bhatthimayum
nannmEni NaaraNannaranukku navinRananE
(Meaning): Lord KrishNa of divinely beautiful body
instructed Arjuna about His Supreme status ( with no one
to equal Him or excel Him ) , His undimished Superiority
as the Lord even in His avathArams (Parathvam )
and His indwellership inside the bodies of all chEthanams
(DevAs , humans , birds , animals et al) , the loving services
rendered by His BhAgavathAs and the Bhakthi yOgam to be
practised towards Him .
ThirukkaLLam Swamy's special Comments on this Paasuram :
BhagavAn is the antharyAmi ( indweller ) for both the chEthanam
and achEthanam . He creates every one and every thing. He protects
them and utlimately dissolves them . The world functions because
of Him . BhagavAn instructed Arjuna on these glories .
Wherever BhagavAn incarnates and whatever forms He takes
during His incarnation , His Jn~Anam and Sakthi are undiminished.
There is no dimmunition of His Parathvam (Supermacy).
The Lord explains the BhaagavathAs practising Bhakthi yOgam
towards Him with nAma sankeerthanam , archanai , aarAdhanam
with intense (Bhakthi) bhAvam .He instructs Arjuna that His true
BhAgavathAs would not desire insignificant and non-lasting phalans
and that they would not devote their time to DEvAs , who have
perishable bodies .
BhagavAn explained that His BhAgavathAs perform AarAdhanam
for Him and perform Saathvika ThyAgam at the end and meditate on
Him with intense love. BhagavAn identified this devout love with
Bhakthi .
Swamy AaLavanthAr's summary of the 9th Chapter
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Sva-mahAthmyam manushyathvE Parathvam cha mahAthmanam
visEshO navamE yOgO Bhakthiroopa: prakeerthitha:
--13th SlOkam of GeethArTa Sangraham
(Meaning): Lord KrishNa described in the ninth chapter ,
" His own eminence , His undimished Supermacy as
the divine even when He assumes embodiments as
incarnations , the excellence of MahAthmAs or devotees
who seek Him alone and the discipline of Bhakthi or
devotion to Him ".
In the previous chapter, the differences that characterize
the four different seekers , who approach the Lord were
covered . In this chapter , the nature of UpAsanaa taking
the form of Bhakthi is explained .The glory of those BhagavathAs
practising Bhakthi yOgam is also extolled by the Lord to establish
the lofty state of the Jn~Ani practising Bhakthi yOgam .
Some Key slOkams of the 9th Chapter of Bhagavath GeethA
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MayA tathamidham jagadhavyakthamUrthinA
mathsTAni sarvabhUthAni na chAham tEshvavasTitha:
---SlOkam 4
(Meaning) : The whole uiniverse is pervaded by Me in
an unmanifest form. I am the Seshi (Master) , who sustains
and rules over this universe .I am their indweller , who controlls
their actions. They depend on My will for their existence and
acts . I do not however depend on them for My existence .
avajAnAni Maam mUDA manusheem tanumAsritham
Param bhAvamajAnanthO Mama bhUthamahEswaram
--SlOkam 11
(Meaning): Driven by their bad karmAs , fools ignore Me
when I take on human forms and fail to recognize that I am
the Supreme Lord of all beings and the Omniscient as well as
Omnipotent Lord , who has incarnated as a mere human being .
MahAthmaansthu Maam PaarTa dhaiveem PrakruthimAsrithA:
BhajanyanyamanasO jn~AthvA BhUthadhimvyayam
--SlOkam 13
(Meaning): On the other hand , the great--souled ones (MahAthmAs)
who are affiliated with My divine nature , worship Me with steady
minds and recognize Me as the immutable origin(source) of all beings .
Sathatham keerthayanthO Maamm yathanthasccha dhruDavrathA:
namasyanthsccha Maamm BhakthyA nithyamukthA upAsathE
---SlOkam 14
(meaning): " Aspiring for eternal communion with Me , they worship
Me, always singing My praise , striving with steadfast resolution
and bowing down to Me in devotion " .
Through SlOkams 16-19 , the Lord reveals to ArjunA that He is
the Vedic sacrifices (Krathu & Yaj~nam) , He is the offering to
the manes (SvadhA) , He is the oblation proper , He is the Mantram
with which such oblation is offered , He is the clarified butter poured
as oblation in the sacred fire , which is none other than Himself .
Our Lord continues to reveal about His pervasive presence in
every thing and being : " I am the Father , Mother , creator and
grandfather of the universe. I am the purifier .I am the syllable Om
( Pavithram OmkAra: ) and also Rk, Saaman and Yajus .
I am the goal (gathi) , supporter , the Lord , the witness,
the abode , the refuge and the friend . I am the seat of origin and
dissolution , the base of preservation and the imperishable seed
(Bheejamavyayam)---I am immortality (amrutham) as well as
death (Mruthyu) ".
SlOkam 23 :
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yEpyanyadEvathA bhakthA yajanthE sraddhayAnvithA:
tEapi MaamEva KounthEya yajanthyavidhipoorvakam
(Meaning ) : " Even those who are devoted to other divinities
with faith in their hearts , worship Me alone , Oh ArjunA ,
though not as sanctioned by the SaasthrAs".
SlOkam 24
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Aham hi Sarva-yajn~AnAm bhOkkthA cha PrabhrEva cha
na thu mAmabhijAnanthi tatthvEnAthasachyavanthi tE
(Meaning): " For , I am the only enjoyer and the only
Lord of all sacrifices. They do not recognize Me in
My true nature; hence they fail ".
SlOkma 26:
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pathram Pushpam Phalam thOyam yO mE bhakthyA prayacchathi
Tadhaham bhakthyupahruthamasnAmi prayathAthmana:
(Meaning ): " whoever offers Me with true devotion a leaf ,
a flower , a fruit or some water , I accept this offering made
with devotion by him , who is pure of heart ".
SlOkam 27:
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YathkarOshi yadhasnAsi yajjuhOshi dhadhAsi yath
yatthapasyasi KounthEya tathkurushva madharpaNam
(Meaning): " Whatsoever you do , Whatsoever you eat ,
whatsoever you offer , whatsoever you give away ,
whatsoever austerity you practise , Oh ArjunA , do that
as an offering to Me".
SlOkam 29:
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samOham sarvabhUthEshu na mE dhvEshyOsthi na priya:
yE bhajanthi thu Maam bhakthyA Mayi tE tEshu chApyaham
(Meaning ) " I am the same to all creation .There is none
hateful or dear to Me .But those , who worship Me with
devotion abide in Me and I do abide in them ".
SlOkam 34 :
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ManmanA bhava MadhbhakthO MadhyAji Maam namaskuru
MaamEvaishyasi yukthvaivamAthmAnam MathparAyaNa:
(Meaning ) : " Focus your mind on Me , be My devotee , be My
worshipper. Bow down to Me. Engaging your mind in this manner
and regarding Me as the Supreme Goal , You will come to Me.
In this last slOkam of the Ninth chapter of SrIMadh Bhagavath
GeethA , Our Lord decribes the true nature of Bhakthi .
Sarvam KrishNArpaNam asthu ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradachAri SadagOpan
Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:
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