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Shloka 19

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

बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते” ज्ञानवान्‌ः मां प्रपद्यते । वासुदेव: सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभ:

bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate | vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ ||

Vào cuối của vô số kiếp sinh, người có chân tri sẽ quy y nơi Ta, nhận ra rằng: “Vāsudeva là tất cả.” Bậc đại hồn như thế—kẻ mà tuệ giác kết tinh thành sự nương tựa và lòng sùng kính trọn vẹn—thật vô cùng hiếm có.

बहूनाम्of many
बहूनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
जन्मनाम्of births
जन्मनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
अन्तेat the end
अन्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
ज्ञानवान्the wise / possessing knowledge
ज्ञानवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञानवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormAccusative, Singular
प्रपद्यतेtakes refuge (in) / surrenders (to)
प्रपद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + पद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
वासुदेवःVāsudeva
वासुदेवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवासुदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वम्all (everything)
सर्वम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महात्माgreat-souled person
महात्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुदुर्लभःvery hard to find / extremely rare
सुदुर्लभः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसुदुर्लभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

अजुन उवाच

V
Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
M
Me (the Lord speaking in the Gītā context)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that mature spiritual knowledge culminates in surrender: after many lifetimes of growth, the truly wise recognize Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme) as all-pervading reality and take refuge in Him; such integrated wisdom-and-devotion is rare.

Within the Bhīṣma Parva battlefield dialogue (the Bhagavad Gītā), the Lord explains to Arjuna the culmination of spiritual pursuit: seekers progress over many births, and the highest realization expresses itself as wholehearted surrender to Vāsudeva as the all.