Shloka 25
Rāja-Vidyā Rāja-Guhya Yoga (राजविद्या राजगुह्य योग) — The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret
२४ ।। नाहं प्रकाश: सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृत: । मूढो5यं नाभिजानाति लोकोः मामजमव्ययम्
nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yogamāyāsamāvṛtaḥ | mūḍho ’yaṁ nābhijānāti loko mām ajam avyayam ||
我は自らのヨーガ・マーヤーの力に覆われているゆえ、すべての者に顕現するのではない。ゆえにこの迷える世は、我を不生にして不滅なる主として識らず、我を生死に従う者と誤って見る。
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the Lord’s true nature is not automatically evident to everyone: due to yogamāyā (divine veiling power), those who are deluded fail to recognize Him as unborn and imperishable, and instead judge Him by ordinary, mortal standards.
In the Bhīṣma Parva’s discourse setting, a doctrinal point is being stated: why the supreme reality (identified with Kṛṣṇa) is not recognized by the general populace. The emphasis is on the contrast between divine nature (unborn, imperishable) and worldly misapprehension (taking Him as merely birth-bound).