Bhagavad Gita · Raja Vidya Raja Guhya YogaChapter 9, Shloka 33 (9.33)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा
अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम्
॥ 9.33 ॥
kiṃ punarbrāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayastathā
anityamasukhaṃ lokamimaṃ prāpya bhajasva mām
Translation
"How much more, then, the virtuous brahmins and the devoted royal sages! Having come into this impermanent and joyless world — worship me."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. kiṃ punaḥ brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyāḥ puṇyayonayaḥ bhaktāḥ rājarṣayaḥ tathā; anityaṃ kṣaṇabhaṅguram asukhaṃ ca sukhavarjitam imaṃ lokaṃ manuṣyalokaṃ prāpya puruṣārthasādhanaṃ durlabhaṃ manuṣyatvaṃ labdhvā bhajasva sevasva mām — having obtained a rare human birth, which is the means to life's highest goals, worship me.
Acharya Ramanuja. ataḥ tvaṃ rājarṣiḥ asthiraṃ tāpatrayābhihatatayā asukhaṃ ca imaṃ lokaṃ prāpya vartamāno māṃ bhajasva — you are a royal sage; this world is unstable and afflicted by the three kinds of suffering — so worship me.
Madhusudana Saraswati. yāvad ayaṃ na naśyati tāvad atiśīghram eva bhajasva māṃ — as long as this body has not perished, worship me as soon as you can.
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