Chapter 9, Verse 2
राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम्। प्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम्।।9.2।।
rājavidyā rājaguhyaṃ pavitramidamuttamam. pratyakṣāvagamaṃ dharmyaṃ susukhaṃ kartumavyayam.।9.2.।
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- राजविद्या (rāja-vidyā)
- the king of knowledge (royal science)
- राजगुह्यं (rāja-guhyam)
- the king of secrets (royal mystery)
- पवित्रम्
- purifying
- इदम्
- this
- उत्तमम्
- supreme, most excellent
- प्रत्यक्षावगमं (pratyakṣa-avagamam)
- directly perceivable/realizable through experience
- धर्म्यं
- righteous, in accordance with dharma
- सुसुखं
- very easy, pleasant
- कर्तुम्
- to perform/practice
- अव्ययम्
- imperishable, undiminishing
Commentary
2. The Sovereign Science, the Sovereign Secret, the Supreme Purifier is this ; immediately comprehensible, unopposed to Dharma, very easy to perform, imperishable.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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राजविद्या (rāja-vidyā)
राजगुह्यं (rāja-guhyam)
पवित्रम्
इदम्
उत्तमम्
प्रत्यक्षावगमं (pratyakṣa-avagamam)
धर्म्यं
सुसुखं
कर्तुम्
अव्ययम्
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