Shloka 4
Rāja-Vidyā Rāja-Guhya Yoga (राजविद्या राजगुह्य योग) — The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret
हजारों मनुष्योंमें कोई एक मेरी प्राप्तिके लिये यत्न करता हैः और उन यत्न करनेवाले योगियोंमें भी कोई एक मेरे परायण होकर मुझको तत्त्वसे अर्थात् यथार्थरूपसे जानता है ।।
bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca | ahaṅkāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā ||
Wika ng Mapalad na Panginoon: Sa libu-libong tao, iilan lamang ang nagsisikap upang marating Ako; at maging sa mga yoging nagsisikap, iilan lamang ang lubos na nag-aalay ng sarili sa Akin at nakakakilala sa Akin ayon sa katotohanan—sa Aking tunay na anyo. Lupa, tubig, apoy, hangin, kalawakan, isip, talino (intellect), at pagkamakasarili o “ako” (ego-sense)—ito ang Aking prakṛti na nahahati sa walo. Ang walong ito ang Aking mababang kalikasan (aparā), na materyal; datapwat, O makapangyarihang bisig, alamin mo na may iba pa Akong kalikasan na higit—ang kalikasang may-buhay at may-malay—na siyang nagtataguyod sa buong daigdig.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines the Lord’s lower (material) nature as eightfold—five gross elements plus mind, intellect, and ego-sense—so the seeker can distinguish the field of material experience from the higher spiritual principle and cultivate right understanding that supports dharmic action.
In the Gītā’s teaching dialogue on the battlefield, the Lord instructs Arjuna by analyzing reality: He enumerates the constituents of material nature to clarify what binds embodied beings and to prepare Arjuna for a deeper grasp of the higher nature and devotion-based knowledge.