Shloka 1

Rāja-Vidyā Rāja-Guhya Yoga (राजविद्या राजगुह्य योग) — The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret

Devanagari script

#सस्न्म+ () असजमसस- 3. स्त्री

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca

Translation

Der Erhabene sprach: O Pārtha! Mit dem Geist an Mich geheftet und bei Mir Zuflucht nehmend, übe Yoga; höre, wie du Mich ohne Zweifel in meiner Ganzheit erkennen wirst.

Word by Word

• श्रीभगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• श्रीभगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीभगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Locative, Singular

• आसक्त-मनाः: one whose mind is attached (to me)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसक्तमनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थ: O son of Pritha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• योगम्: yoga; disciplined practice
• योगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युञ्जन्: practicing/engaging (in)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Shatru (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Active

• मत्-आश्रयः: taking refuge in me
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्-आश्रय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय

• समग्रम्: entirely; in full
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समग्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: how; in what way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• ज्ञास्यसि: you will know
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Simple Future (Lṛṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शृणु: hear/listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line itself is not a doctrinal teaching; it functions as a formal cue that Arjuna is speaking, framing the ethical and spiritual inquiry that follows in the Gītā’s dialogue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the Kurukṣetra setting, the text marks a turn in the conversation: Arjuna begins his next utterance, prompting Kṛṣṇa’s subsequent instruction.