Shloka 13
Rāja-Vidyā Rāja-Guhya Yoga (राजविद्या राजगुह्य योग) — The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret
१२ ।। सम्बन्ध-- भगवान्ने यह दिखलाया कि समस्त जयत् मेरा ही स्वरूप है और मुझसे ही व्याप्त है। यहाँ यह जिज्ञासा होती है कि इस प्रकार सर्वत्र परिपूर्ण और अत्यन्त समीप होनेपर भी लोग भगवान्को क्यों नहीं पहचानते: इसपर भगवान् कहते हैं-- त्रिभिर्गुणमयैभविरेभि: सर्वमिदं जगत् | मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्य: परमव्ययम्,गुणोंके कार्यरूप सात््विक, राजस और तामस--इन तीनों प्रकारके भावोंसे यह सब संसार--प्राणिसमुदाय मोहित हो रहा है, इसीलिये इन तीनों गुणोंसे परे मुझ अविनाशीको नहीं जानताः
tribhir guṇamayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat | mohitaṁ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam ||
The entire world is deluded by these three states born of the guṇas—sattva, rajas, and tamas. Therefore, people fail to recognize Me, the Supreme, imperishable Reality that transcends these guṇas. Ethically, the verse explains that moral and spiritual blindness is not merely ignorance but a bondage created by one’s own conditioned tendencies; liberation begins when one sees beyond these habitual modes and seeks the unchanging ground of truth.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human perception is conditioned by the three guṇas; as long as consciousness is shaped by sattva, rajas, and tamas, one cannot recognize the Supreme Reality that is beyond them. Spiritual progress requires discerning the guṇas’ influence and turning toward the imperishable Self/Lord.
In the Gītā’s teaching sequence, the Lord explains why, despite being all-pervading and the very essence of the world, He is not recognized by ordinary beings: their minds are deluded by guṇa-born dispositions, which veil direct knowledge of the transcendent.