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Bhagavad Gita 9.2

राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम्। प्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम्।।

rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyaṁ pavitram idam uttamam pratyakṣhāvagamaṁ dharmyaṁ su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
rāja-vidyārāja-vidyāthe king of sciences
rāja-guhyamrāja-guhyamthe most profound secret
pavitrampavitrampure
idamidamthis
uttamamuttamamhighest
pratyakṣhapratyakṣhadirectly perceptible
avagamamavagamamdirectly realizable
dharmyamdharmyamvirtuous
su-sukhamsu-sukhameasy
kartumkartumto practice
avyayamavyayameverlasting

This is the royal science, the royal secret, the supreme purifier, realizable by direct intuitive knowledge, according to righteousness, very easy to perform and imperishable.

यह ज्ञान राजविद्या (विद्याओं का राजा) और राजगुह्य (सब गुह्यों अर्थात् रहस्यों का राजा) एवं पवित्र, उत्तम, प्रत्यक्ष ज्ञानवाला और धर्मयुक्त है, तथा करने में सरल और अव्यय है।।