BG 9.1: The Lord said: I shall declare to you, who does not cavil, this most mysterious knowledge together with special knowledge, knowing which you would be freed from evil.

BG 9.2: This is the royal science, royal mystery, the supreme purifier, It is realised by direct experience. It is in accord with Dharma, it is pleasant to practise and is abiding.

BG 9.3: Men devoid of faith in this Dharma, O scorcher of foes, ever remain without attaining Me, in the mortal pathway of Samsara.

BG 9.4: This entire universe is pervaded by Me, in an unmanifest form. Ail beings abide in Me, but I do not abide in them.

BG 9.5: And yet beings do not abide in Me. Behold My divine Yoga. I am the upholder of all beings and yet I am not in them. My will alone causes their existence.

BG 9.6: As the powerful element air moving everywhere ever remains in the ether, know that so too all beings abide in Me.

BG 9.7: All beings, O Arjuna, enter into My Prakrti at the end of a cycle of time. Again I send these forth at the beginning of a cycle of time.

BG 9.8: Controlling the Prakrti, which is My own, I send forth again and again all this multitude of beings, helpless under the sway of Prakrti.

BG 9.9: But these actions do not bind Me, O Arjuna, for I remain detached from them like one unconcerned.

BG 9.10: Under My supervision, Prakrti gives birth to all mobile and immobile entities. Because of this, O Arjuna, does the world revolve.

BG 9.11: Fools disregard Me, dwelling in a human form, not knowing My higher nature, as the Supreme Lord of all beings.

BG 9.12: Senseless men entertain a nature which is deluding and akin to that of Rakshasas (fiends) and Asuras (monsters). Their hopes are vain, acts are vain and knowledge is vain.

BG 9.13: But the great-souled ones, O Arjuna, who are associated with My divine nature, worship Me with unwavering mind, knowing Me to be the immutable source of beings.

BG 9.14: Aspiring for eternal communion with Me, they worship Me, always singing My praises, striving with steadfast resolution and bowing down to Me in devotion.

BG 9.15: Others, too, besides offering the sacrifice of knowledge, worship Me as One, who, characterised by diversity in numberless ways, is multiformed(in My Cosmic aspect).

BG 9.16: I am the Kratu. I am the sacrifice. I am the offering to the manes. I am the herb. I am the Mantra. I am Myself the clarified butter. I am the fire. I am the oblation.

BG 9.17: I am the father, mother, creator and grandfather of the universe. I am the purifier. I am the syllable Om and also Ṛk, Saman and the Yajus.

BG 9.18: I am the goal, supporter, the Lord, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the friend. I am the seat of origin and dissolution, the base for preservation and the imperishable seed.

BG 9.19: I give heat. I hold back and send forth the rain. I am immortality as well as death, O Arjuna. I am the being, as also the non-being.

BG 9.20: Those who are versed in the three Vedas, being purified from sin by drinking the Soma juice, pray for the passage to heaven and worship Me by sacrifices. Reaching the holy realm of the chief of the gods, they enjoy in heaven celestial pleasures of the gods.

BG 9.21: Having enjoyed the spacious world of heaven, they return to the world of mortals when their merit is exhausted. Thus, those who follow the Vedic rituals and are drawn by desires, come and go.

BG 9.22: There are those who, excluding all else, think of Me and worship Me, aspiring after eternal union with Me. Their prosperity and welfare (Yoga and Kshema) are looked after by Me.

BG 9.23: Even those who are devoted to other divinities with faith in their hearts, worship Me alone, O Arjuna, though not as sanctioned by the Shastras.

BG 9.24: For, I am the only enjoyer and the only Lord of all sacrifices. They do not recognise Me in My true nature; hence they fall.

BG 9.25: Devotees of gods go to the gods. The manes-worshippers go to the manes. The worshippers of Bhutas go to the Bhutas. And those who worship Me come to Me.

BG 9.26: Whoever offers Me with true devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or some water, I accept this offering made with devotion by him who is pure of heart.

BG 9.27: Whatsoever you do, whatsoever you eat, whatsoever you offer, whatsoever you give away, whatsoever austerity you practise, O Arjuna, do that as an offering to Me.

BG 9.28: Thus equipped in mind with the Yoga of renunciation, you will free yourself from the bonds of Karma, productive of auspicious as well as inauspicious fruits. Thus liberated, you will come to Me.

BG 9.29: I am the same to all creation. There is none hateful or dear to Me. But those who worship Me with devotion abide in Me and I do abide in them.

BG 9.30: If even the most sinful man worships Me with undivided devotion, he must be regarded as holy, for he has rightly resolved.

BG 9.31: Quickly he becomes righteous and obtains everlasting peace. Affirm on My behalf, O Arjuna, My devotee never perishes.

BG 9.32: By taking refuge in Me even men of evil birth, women, Vaishyas and also Shudras attain the supreme state.

BG 9.33: How much more then the Brahmanas and royal sages who are pure and are My devotees! Having obtained this transient, joyless world, worship Me.

BG 9.34: Focus your mind on Me, be My devotee, be my worshipper. Bow down to Me. Engaging your mind in this manner and regarding Me as the supreme goal, you will come to Me.