Adhi Sankara’s Gita
Mahathmya
By
Adhi Sankara
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(The Gita Mahathmya
which normally one reads after
reading Gita is from Varaha Purana. I also found this prayer in the web. It is
not listed in the Complete works of Adhi Sankara. You can see
another translation of this prayer in
http://www.jagannathavallabha.com/gita/html/gita_mahatmya.html
. The summary meaning of one more
version , which gives Mahathmya chapter wise is given in
)
1.Gita sasthram idham punyam ,
Ya padeth prayatha
Pumaan,
Vishno padam
avapnothi
Bhaya Sokadi Vrajeth
That gentleman who reads with humility ,
The science of Gita which is blessed,
Would reach
the feet of Lord Vishnu ,
And would be bereft of sorrow and fear
2.Gita adhyayaa sheelasya,
Pranayama paraasya
cha ,
Naïve santhi hi
paapani ,
Poorva janma
kruthani cha.
He who makes reading of Gita a Habit,
And also
practices the Prnayama(breathing exercise)
Is not affected by sins, even those of previous births.
3.Mala nirmochanam pumsaam ,
Jala snanan dhine dhine
,
Sakud Gitam bhasi snanam,
SAmsara mala
nasanam.
People have to take bath,
In the water
day after to remove dirt,
But by taking bath once
in the waters of Gita,
He can get rid of
the dirt accumulated by the domestic
life.
4.Gita, sugita
karthavya ,
Kim anyai sastra vistaraihi,
Yaa swayam
Padmanabhasya ,
Mukha padmad
vinisrutha.
It is our duty to sing the Gita,
Which originated
from the mouth,
Of Padmanabha
lying on a lotus flower,
And there is no
need for any other Sastra in detail.
5.BHarath Amrutha
Sarvasvam,
Vishnor vakthraad
vinisrutham,
Gita Gangodhakam peethwaa,
Punar janma na
vidhyathe.
Gita which is the entire nectar of Mahabharatha ,
Is the one which fell out
in the words of Lord Vishnu himself,
And so if yo drink Gita which is like the sacred waters of Ganga,
You would not have
one more birth.
6.Sarvo upanishadho Gavo,
Dogdha Gopala
Nandana,
Partho vatsah Sudhir bhokthax,
Dugdham Gita amrutham mahad.
All the Upanishads are cows ,
The one who is to milk them is the boy Gopala,
Arjuna is the calf
and those who have pure intellects are consumers ,
And the milk is
the great nectar of Bhagwad Gita.
7.Yekam sastram , Devaki puthra Gitam,
Yeko devaa Devaki puthra yeva,
Yeko mantra
thasya namani yaani,
Karmapi yekam
thasya devasya seva.
The only religious book is Gita by the son of Devaki,
The only one God
is the son of Devaki herself,
The only chant is
the name of him , himself,
And the only job is to service to that God.
1 comment:
Gita Mahaatmyam is printed before starting the Gita, but after Atma Bandhanam,Anganyasa Karanyasa and Dhyanam and not after the Gita. I am chanting the Gita in Nine days - two chapters a day. Before I start Gita on any occasion - after ninth day - I chant Gita after chanting the above in the order given in the book. I feel the Mahaatmyam should be chanted before taking up real Gita and not after completing the 18 chapters as stated herein. Your views please.
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