GITA MAHATMYA--Glory of The Gita

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Om Namoh Narayanaya. On this most blessed day of Gita Jayanti, may the Supreme Lord bless each of us. May The Srimad Bhagwad Gita bestow Her Divine Blessing unto us. TAD VISNOH PARAMAM PADAM. GITA MAHATMYA Sri Ganesaya Namah! Sri Gopala Krsnaya Namah! Dharo 'vaca bhagavan paramesana bhaktir avyabhicarini prarabdham bhujyamanasya katham bhavati he prabho 1. The Earth said: O Blessed Lord! O Supreme! How can unflinching devotion arise in him who is immersed in his worldly life, O Lord? Sri Visnur Uvaca: Prarabdham bhujyamano hi gita 'bhyasa ratah sada sa muktah sa sukhi loke karmana no

'palipyate 2. Lord Visnu said: Though engaged in the performance of worldly duties, one who is regular in the study of the Gita, becomes free. He is the happy man in this world. He is not bound by karma. Maha papadi papani gita dhyanam karoti cet kvacit sparsam na kurvanti nalini dalam ambuvat 3. Just as the water taints not the lotus leaf, even so, sins do not taint him who is regular in the recitation of the Gita. Gitayah pustakam yatra yatra pathah pravartate tatra sarvani tirthani prayaga 'dini tatra vai 4. All the sacred places of pilgrimage like Prayaga, etc., dwell in that place where the book, the Gita, is kept and where the Gita is read. Sarve devas ca rsayo yoginah pannagas ca ye

gopala gopika va 'pi narado 'ddhava parsadaih 5. All the gods, sages, yogi, divine serpents, gopala, gopika (friends and devotees of lord Krsna), Narada, Uddhava and others (dwell there). Sahayo jayate sighram yatra gita pravartate yatra gita vicaras ca pathanam pathanat srutam tatra 'ham niscitam prthvi nivasami sadai 'va hi 6. Help comes quickly where the Gita is recited and, O Earth, I dwell at all times where the Gita is read, heard, taught and contemplated upon. Gita 'sraye 'ham tisthami gita me co 'ttamam grham gita jnanam upasritya trimllokan palayamy aham 7 I abide in the refuge of the Gita and the Gita is my best abode. I protect the three worlds with the knowledge of the Gita. Gita me parama

vidya brahma rupa na samsayah ardha matra 'ksara nitya sva 'nirvacya padatmika 8. The Gita is my Knowledge Supreme, it is undoubtly the embodimentof Brahman, the eternal, the ardhamatra (of the sacred monosyllable om), the ineffable splendour of the self. Cidanandena krsnena prokta sva mukhato 'rjunam veda tray! parananda tattva 'rtha jnana samyuta 9. It was spoken by the blessed Krsna, the all-knowing Himself to Arjuna. It contains the essence of the three Veda, knowledge of the reality. It is full of supreme bliss. Yo 'stadasa japen nityam naro niscala manasah jnana siddhim sa labhate tato yati param padam 10. He who recites the eighteen chapters of the Gita daily, with a pure, unshaken mind, attains perfection in knowledge, and reaches the highest state or supreme goal.

Pathe 'samarthah sampurne tato 'rdham patham acaret tada go danajam punyam labhate na 'tra samsayah 11. If a complete reading is not possible, even if only half of it is read, he attains the benefit of giving a cow as a gift. There is no doubt about this. Tribhagam pathamanas to ganga snana phalam labhet sadamsam japamanas to soma yaga phalam labhet 12. He who recites one-third part of it achieves the merit of a bath in the sacred Ganga, and he who recites one-sixth of it attains the merit of performing a soma ritual. Eka 'dhyayam to yo nityam pathate bhakti samyutah rudra lokam avapnoti gano bhutva vasec ciram 13. That person who reads one chapter with great devotion attains to the world of Rudra and, having become an attendant of

lord Siva, lives there for many years. Adhyayam sloka padam va nityam yah pathate narah sa yati naratam yavan manvantaram vasundhare 14. If one reads a quarter of a chapter or even part of a verse daily, he, O Earth, retains a human body thoughout the duration of a Manu. Gitayah sloka dasakam sapta panca catustayam dvau trin ekaih tad ardham va slokanam yah pathen narah candra lokam avapnotii varsanam ayutam dhruvam gita patha samayukto mrtomanusatam vrajet 15-16. He who repeats ten, seven, five, four, three, two verses or even one or half a verse, attains the region of Candraloka and lives there for ten thousand years. He who leaves the body while reading the Gita obtains the region of man. Gita 'bhyasam punah krtva labhate muktim uttamam gite 'ty uccara samyukto

mriyamano gatim labhet 17. By repeated study of the Gita he attains liberation. Uttering 'Gita' at the time of death, one attains liberation. Gita 'rtha sravana 'sakto maha papa yuto 'pi va vaikuntham samavapnoti Visnuna saha modate 18. Though full of sins, one who is ever intent on hearing the meaning of the Gita, goes to Vaikuntha and lives with Lord Visnu. Gita 'rtham dhyayate nityam krtva karmani bhurisah jivanmuktah sa vijneyo deha 'nte paramam padam 19. He who meditates on the meaning of the Gita, having performed a lot of good actions, attains the supreme goal after death. Such a man should be known as a jivanmukta (sage liberated while living). Gitam asritya bahavo bhubhujo janaka 'dayah nirdhuta

kalmasa loke gita yatah paratn padam 20. In this world, taking refuge in the Gita, many kings like Janaka and others have reached the highest state or goal, purified of all sins. Gitayah pathanam krtva mahatmyam naiva yah pathet vrtha patho bhavet tasya srama eva by udahrtah 21. His reading is in vain and his effort is wasted who does not read this Mahatmyam after having completed the reading of the Gita. Etan mahatmya sahyuktam gita 'bhyasam karoti yah sa tat phalam avapnoti durlabharn gatim apnuyat 22. One who studies the Gita, together with this Glory of the Gita, attains the fruits mentioned above and reaches the state which is otherwise rare to attain. Suta Uvaca: mahatmyam etad gitaya maya proktam sanatanatn

gitante ca pathed yas to yad uktam tat phalarnlabhet 23. Suta said: This greatness or Glory of the Gita which is eternal, as narrated by me, should be read at the end of the study of the Gita and the fruits mentioned therein will be obtained. Iti sri varaha purane gri gita mahatmyam sampurnam Thus ends the Glory of the Gita contained in the Varaha purana. Jai Sri Gita Mata Ji Jai Sri Krsna Jai Sri Visnu "Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty." M.K. Gandhi Ji HARI BOL

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