Bhagawath Gita Mahathmyam

Bhagawath Gita Mahathmyam

By

Lord Vishnu

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

(After the days Parayana is completed, it is a common practice to read this(Mahathmya)   which is taken from the Varaha  Purana. Goddess earth asks  Lord Vishnu , how the human being drowned in the net of domestic problems can  become his devotee. Lord Vishnu replies that   it is done by reading Gita, either fully or a chapter or a verse or even a part of the verse.)

Dharo Uvacha:-

The earth said:-

1.Bhagawan parameshaanaa Bhakthiravyabhi charinee ,

Prarabdham  bhujyamanasya  kadam bhavathi hey Prabho.

Oh God , Oh divine lord , how can spotless  devotion  arise and,

Exist  in one who is  affected by domestic problems?

Sri Vishnor Uvacha:-

Lord Vishnu said:-

2.Prarabdham  bujyamano hi Gita abhyasatha sadaa,

SA muktha  , sa sukhee  loke Karmana nopalipyathe.

If those affected  by domestic problems always practice Gita,

They would become free,  have a pleasant life and would not be tied by Karma.

3.Maha paapadipaapaani  Gitadhyayanam karothi cheth,

Kwachith  saparsam na kurvanthi nalinidalam ambuvath.

If  one reads  and masters Gita , even the greatest sins  ,

Would not able to  touch you like  water would not be able to make lotus leaf wet.

4.Gitayah pusthakam  yatra yatra  paathaah pravarthathe  ,

Tatra  sarvaani  theerthaani prayagadheeni thathra vai.

Wherever   the book of Gita   is read , there all sacred  waters,

Do act   and sacred places like Allahabad are also there.

5.Sarve devaancha rishayo  yogeena pannagascha ye,

Gopala Gopika  vaapi  naaradha uohava parasadai.

All devas, sages , yogis , serpents  , Cowherds,

Gopis  and sages like Narada and Udhava   exist there.

6.Sahayo jayathe  seegram   yatra  Gita pravarthathe  ,

Yatra  Gita vicharascha patanam   srutham,

Tatraaham  nischitham  prithvi nivasami   sadaiva hi.

Help will reach quickly where  Gita  is there,

And Oh earth, in the places where  Gita  is read or heard,

I would definitely  be there  always.

7.Gitashrayeham  thishtaami  Gita may  cha uthamam Graham,

Gita janam upasrithya , treen lokaan palayamyaham.

I Stay   in Gita   as Gita is my  best home,

I protect all  the three worlds  , taking recourse  to Gita.

8.Gita may parama Vidhyaa, brahma roopa ne samsaya,

Ardha mathra akshara  nithyaas sva nirvachya  padathmika.

Gita is the divine knowledge  and has the form of Brahman without any doubt.

And the half syllable  letter “om “ is the one defining one’s  own self.

9.Chid aanandena Krishnena prokthaa swamuktho Arjuna,

Vedastrayee Paranandaa  thathwartha  Jnana samyutha.

It was spoken by Krishna who is divinely happy  and free of himself to Arjuna,

And it has the knowledge  of the philosophy  of divine joy of the three  Vedas.

10.Yo ashta dasa japen nithyam  naro Nischala Manasa,

Jnan sidhim sa labhathe  thatho yaathi parmam padam.

Those  men who read its eighteen chapters  would not have a  wavering mind,

They would get wisdom and power  and later    attain the feet  of the divine lord.

11.Padathe   asamartha   sampoornam   tatho  ardham  patam aachareth,

Thadaa Go danajam punyam   labhathe naatra samsaya.

Those who are not able to read it fully , Should read half of it,

And they would get the blessing of Cow as a gift, There is no doubt about it.

12.Tribagam padamaanasthu , ganga snana phalam labeth,

Shadamam  japmanastha soma yaga phalam labeth.

Those who read one third of it would get the effect of  taking bath in  Ganga,

And those who read one sixth would get the effect of performing Somayaga.

13.Yeka adyaanam  thu  yo nithyam padathe , bhakthi samyutha,

Rudralokam avapnothi , gano bhoothwaa  vaseth chiram.

Those who read  one chapter  a day  along with devotion,

Would reach the land of Rudra and live there  as a Gana for a long time.

14.Adhyayam sloka padam  vaa nithyam yah  padathe nara,

Sa yaathi  naraatham   yaava manvantharam , Vasundare

Oh earth, the human being  who reads   one verse of a chapter   daily ,

Would  retain their human form in the rule of one Manu.

15.Gitayo sloka Dasakam  saptha Pancha chathushtayam,

Dwathrin yekam thadhaa ardham vaa slokanaam  ya paden nara.

16.Chandralokam avapnothi  varshaanaam  aayutham druvam,

Gita Pata samayuktho   mritho manu shathaam  vrajeth.

If one reads ten  or  seven  or five or four  or two or one  stanza 

Of Gita or at least one half   the stanza   , he would,

Reach the land of moon   and live there  for ten thousand years,

And when a human being has the habit  of reading Gita.

After  his death , he comes back again as   a human being.

17.Gitabhyasam puna kruthwa  labhathe mukthim uthamam,

Geethethyu charana samyuktho mriyamano  gathim labheth.

By  thoroughly learning  the Gita one gets     very great   salvation,

And   one who utters a word of Gita at the time of death attains liberation.

18.Gitartha shravana aasaktho  maha papa yutho apivaa,

Vaikuntam  samavapnothi  Vishnunaa  saha modathe.

Those who are interested in hearing the meaning of Gita,

Though they are great  sinners   , they would go to Vaikunta,

And lead a life  of Joy in the presence of Vishnu.

19.Gitartham dhyayathe nithyam, kruthwaa karmaani bhoorisaha,

Jevan mukthaa  sa vijneyo  deha anthe paramam padam.

Those who daily meditate   on the meaning   of Gita ,

After doing very many  good deeds,

Would be deemed as ones  who have  got salvation while being alive,

And at the end  of his life , he would reach  the divine status.

20.Gitam ashrithya bahavo  bhoobujo janakadhayaa,

Nirdhootha  kalmashaa loke   Geeta yatha paramam padam

Many kings like Janaka have taken refuge in Gita,

Have attained highest  status in the divine  world

After leading a life   without any sin in this world.

21.Gitayaa   patanam krithvaa mahathmyam  naiva ya padeth,

Vrithaa pato  bhaveth   thasya srama hyudarithaa.

Those who read Gita and do not read the Gita Mahatmya,

Are  doing  a reading without any aim   ,

And only their great effort   would remain.

22.Yetan  mahathmya samyuktham  Geeta bhasyam  karothi ya,

Sa that phalamapnothi   durlabhaam gatrhim  aapnuyath.

One who studies  Gita along   with Gita Mahatmya,

Would get results for that  and would get an unattainable state.

23. Sutha Uvacha

Sutha  said

Mahathmyam yethad  Gitaya  maya proktham sanathanam

Gitanthe  cha padethyastha   yaduktham  thath phalam labeth.

This eternal Gita Mahatmya   which was told by me  ,

Should be read at the end of Gita  and then one would realize the results mentioned.

       Ithi Sri Varaha purane   Sri Gita Mahatmyam sampoornam

       Thus ends the “greatness of Gita”, which occus in the Varaha Purana.