राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम् | प्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम्
rājavidyā rājaguhyaṃ pavitramidamuttamam . pratyakṣāvagamaṃ dharmyaṃ susukhaṃ kartumavyayam
C'est la Connaissance Souveraine, la Profondeur Souveraine, le meilleur des purificateurs ; directement réalisable, juste, très facile à pratiquer et impérissable.
This is the Sovereign Knowledge, the Sovereign Profundity, the best sanctifire; directly realizable, righteous, very easy to practise and imperishable.
Dans ce verset, le Seigneur Kṛṣṇa fait l'éloge de la connaissance du Brahman pour susciter un grand intérêt chez les aspirants spirituels. Cette science royale ne repose ni sur la foi aveugle ni sur la manipulation ; la vérité, le secret souverain (le Soi ou l'Absolu), peut être directement réalisé par l'intuition. La connaissance du Brahman est le purificateur suprême, réduisant en cendres les racines et les effets de tous les karma accumulés au cours de milliers de naissances, et détruisant l'avidyā (l'ignorance) avec ses effets. Contrairement aux actes expiatoires qui ne suppriment que partiellement les péchés, la connaissance du Soi anéantit rapidement toutes les impuretés, qu'elles soient grossières ou subtiles, ainsi que leur cause, l'avidyā. Cette connaissance n'est pas opposée au dharma, mais en est le fruit. Elle est facile à atteindre et, bien que facilement obtenue, elle est impérissable et éternelle, brillant par sa propre splendeur. Celui qui en a goûté le nectar, même une seule fois, devient immortel. Il est donc essentiel de s'efforcer de l'acquérir dans cette vie, car l'existence humaine est précieuse et incertaine, et la récompense (la libération finale) est immense.
In this verse Lord Krishna eulogies the knowledge of Brahman very highly in order to create a great interest in the spiritual aspirants for attaining It ickly.There is neither blind faith nor faithmongering in this royal science. The truth? the sovereign,secret (the Self or the Absolute) can be directly realised by intuition or immediate perception. The science of the Absolute is the most splendid of all sciences. It is the science of sciences. Of sciences the highest? of secrets the most profoun? of purifiers the supreme is this. The knowledge of Brahman is the best purifier. It reduces the roots of all Karmas and all the Karmas themselves which have been stored up in the course of many thousands of births? into ashes in the twinkling of an eye. It destroys Avidya along with its effects. An expiatory act (Prayaschitta) cannot destroy all sins. It removes the effect of a single sin? only to some extent. Even if it is removed the effect of that sin remains in a subtle state in the mind and forces him to do sinful acts in his next birth. But the knowledge of the Self destroys ickly all the sins in their gross and subtle states that are accumulated in the course of several thousands of births along with Avidya? their cause. That is the reason why it is a supreme purifier. The causal body of the Jiva is called MulaAvidya (rootignorance). The Avidya or the veil of ignorance that envelops the visible objects of this world is called Sthula Avidya or gross ignorance.The knowledge of the Self is not opposed to Dharma. It is the fruit of all actions done in many births without expectation of fruits. Further? the knowledge of the Absolute can very easily be attained. One may think that this knowledge will perish soon as it is easily obtained? when its effect is exhausted. It is not so. It is imperishable. It is everlasting. It shines for ever by its own Selfeffulgence. He who has tasted this nectar even once becomes immortal. Therefore the knowledge of the Absolute is certainly worth aciring. You will have to strive very hard to attain it anyhow in this birth? as it is very difficult to get a human birth. Strive hard every moment? for life is uncertain and the prize (final liberation) is great.