September 2025

Shloka 9.22 “For those who worship Me alone, meditating with unwavering devotion, I provide and preserve what they have.” Key Teaching: Krishna provides for and preserves devoted worshippers. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that for those who worship him alone with unwavering devotion, he provides and preserves what they […]

Shloka 9.21 “Having enjoyed the vast heavenly world, their merit exhausted, they return to the mortal world; thus, they cycle.” Key Teaching: Ritualistic worship leads to temporary heavens and rebirth. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that those who enjoy heavenly worlds through rituals return to the mortal world when

Shloka 9.20 “Knowers of the three Vedas, drinking soma, purified of sins, worship Me with sacrifices, seeking heavenly realms.” Key Teaching: Vedic ritualists worship Krishna for heavenly rewards. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that knowers of the three Vedas, drinking soma and purified of sins, worship him with sacrifices

Shloka 9.19 “I give heat, withhold and send rain, I am immortality and death, being and nonbeing, O Arjuna.” Key Teaching: Krishna governs natural forces and dualities of existence. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that he gives heat, withholds and sends rain, and is immortality, death, being, and nonbeing.

Shloka 9.18 “I am the goal, sustainer, lord, witness, abode, refuge, friend, origin, dissolution, foundation, treasurehouse, and imperishable seed.” Key Teaching: Krishna is the ultimate goal and foundation of existence. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that he is the goal, sustainer, lord, witness, abode, refuge, friend, origin, dissolution, foundation,

Shloka 9.17 “I am the father, mother, creator, grandfather, the knowable, the purifier, the syllable Om, and the Rig, Sama, and Yajur Vedas.” Key Teaching: Krishna is the source of creation and sacred knowledge. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that he is the father, mother, creator, grandfather, the knowable,

Shloka 9.16 “I am the ritual, the sacrifice, the offering, the herb, the mantra, the clarified butter, the fire, and the oblation.” Key Teaching: Krishna is the essence of all rituals and sacrifices. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that he is the ritual, sacrifice, offering, herb, mantra, clarified butter,

Shloka 9.15 “Others, with knowledge, worship Me as the One, the manifold, facing everywhere, through various means.” Key Teaching: Knowledgeable devotees worship Krishna as the One and manifold. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that others, with knowledge, worship him as the One, the manifold, facing everywhere, through various means.

Shloka 9.14 “Always glorifying Me, striving with firm resolve, bowing to Me, they worship Me with constant devotion.” Key Teaching: Devotees worship Krishna with constant glorification and resolve. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that devotees, always glorifying him, striving with firm resolve, and bowing to him, worship with constant

Shloka 9.13 “But great souls, of divine nature, worship Me with unwavering minds, knowing Me as the eternal origin of beings.” Key Teaching: Great souls worship Krishna, knowing him as the eternal origin. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that great souls, of divine nature, worship him with unwavering minds,