Gita Mahatmya

gītā-śāstram idaḿ puṇyaḿ yaḥ paṭhet prayataḥ pumān viṣṇoḥ padam avāpnoti bhaya-śokādi-varjitaḥ

Whatever person reads this sacred scripture, the Gita, with careful attention, attains the abode of Vishnu, free from fear, grief, and all such afflictions.

gītādhyayana-śīlasya prāṇāyāma-parasya ca naiva santi hi pāpāni pūrva-janma-kṛtāni

For one habituated to studying the Gita and devoted to the practice of controlled breathing, the sins committed in previous births simply cease to exist.

maline mocanaḿ puḿsāḿ jala-snānaḿ dine dine sakṛd-gītāmbhasi snānaḿ saḿsāra-mala-nāśanam

Bathing in water day after day removes only the dirt from the body, but a single bath in the waters of the Gita destroys the very impurity of material existence.

gītā sugītā kartavyā kim anyaiḥ śāstra-vistaraiḥ yā svayaḿ padmanābhasya mukha-padmād viniḥsṛtā

One need only see that the Gita is well studied — what need is there of elaborate study of other scriptures — since the Gita itself flowed directly from the lotus mouth of Padmanabha?

bhāratāmṛta-sarvasvaḿ viṣṇor vaktrād viniḥsṛtam gītā-gańgodakaḿ pītvā punar-janma na vidyate

Having drunk the Ganges-water of the Gita, the very essence of the nectar of the Mahabharata that flowed from the mouth of Vishnu, one is no longer subject to rebirth.

sarvopaniṣado gāvo dogdhā gopāla-nandanaḥ pārtho vatsaḥ sudhīr bhoktā dugdhaḿ gītāmṛtaḿ mahat

All the Upanishads are the cows, the son of the cowherd is their milker, Arjuna is the calf, and the wise person is the one who drinks; the great nectarean milk is the Bhagavad-gita itself.

ekaḿ śāstraḿ devakī-putra-gītam eko devo devakī-putra eva eko mantras tasya nāmāni yāni karmāpy ekaḿ tasya devasya sevā

There is but one scripture, the song sung by the son of Devaki; there is but one Deity, that very son of Devaki; there is but one mantra, his holy names; and there is but one duty, service unto that Lord.