सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः | नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते ||९-१४||
satataṃ kīrtayanto māṃ yatantaśca dṛḍhavratāḥ . namasyantaśca māṃ bhaktyā nityayuktā upāsate ||9-14||
Chapter 9 · Verse 14
Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga
राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग
Translation
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.
Meaning
These great souls sing My glory. They do Japa (repetition) of Pranava (Om). They study and recite the Upanishads. They hear the Srutis (the Vedas) from their spiritual preceptor reflect and meditate on the attributeless Absolute (Nirguna Brahman). They cultivate the Sattvic virtues such as patience mercy cosmic love tolerance forbearance truthfulness purity etc. They control the senses and steady the mind. They are firm in their vows of nonviolence truthfulness and purity in thought word and deed. They worship Me with great faith and devotion as the inner Self hidden in their heart. As a neophyte cannot see God face to face he will have to worship his Guru (spiritual preceptor) firt and regard him as God or Brahman Himself.
Word by word
सततम् always कीर्तयन्तः glorifying माम् Me यतन्तः striving च and दृढव्रताः firm in vows नमस्यन्तः prostrating च and माम् Me भक्त्या with devotion नित्ययुक्ताः always steadfast उपासते worship.