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satataḿ kīrtayanto māḿ yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ namasyantaś ca māḿ bhaktyā nitya-yuktā upāsate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.14 Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these...

jñāna-yajñena cāpy anye yajanto mām upāsate ekatvena pṛthaktvena bahudhā viśvato-mukham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.15 Others, who engage in sacrifice by the cultivation of knowledge, worship the Supreme Lord as the one...

ahaḿ kratur ahaḿ yajñaḥ svadhāham aham auṣadham mantro ’ham aham evājyam aham agnir ahaḿ hutam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.16 But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing...

pitāham asya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ vedyaḿ pavitram oḿ-kāra ṛk sāma yajur eva ca Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.17 I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of...

gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaḿ suhṛt prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaḿ nidhānaḿ bījam avyayam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.18 I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge, and the...

tapāmy aham ahaḿ varṣaḿ nigṛhṇāmy utsṛjāmi ca amṛtaḿ caiva mṛtyuś ca sad asac cāham arjuna Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.19 O Arjuna, I give heat, and I withhold and send forth the rain. I am immortality, and I am also...

trai-vidyā māḿ soma-pāḥ pūta-pāpā yajñair iṣṭvā svar-gatiḿ prārthayante te puṇyam āsādya surendra-lokam aśnanti divyān divi deva-bhogān Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.20 Those who study the Vedas and drink the soma juice,...

te taḿ bhuktvā svarga-lokaḿ viśālaḿ kṣīṇe puṇye martya-lokaḿ viśanti evaḿ trayī-dharmam anuprapannā gatāgataḿ kāma-kāmā labhante Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.21 When they have thus enjoyed vast heavenly sense pleasure...

ananyāś cintayanto māḿ ye janāḥ paryupāsate teṣāḿ nityābhiyuktānāḿ yoga-kṣemaḿ vahāmy aham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.22 But those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on My transcendental form—to...

ye ’py anya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ te ’pi mām eva kaunteya yajanty avidhi-pūrvakam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.23 Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only Me,...