The Glories of the Gita

गीताशास्त्रमिदं पुण्यं यः पठेत्प्रयतः पुमान् ।
विष्णोः पदमवाप्नोति भयशोकादिवर्ज्जितः ॥१॥

gītā-śāstram idaṁ puṇyaṁ yaḥ paṭhet prayataḥ pumān
viṣṇoḥ padam avāpnoti bhaya-śokādi-varjitaḥ [1]

1 This Bhagavad-gita scripture is the bestower of all good. One who regularly studies it with devotion will attain to the holy abode of Lord Visnu, the plane of freedom from all distress, fear, and sorrow.

गीताध्ययनशीलस्य प्राणायामपरस्य च ।
नैव सन्ति हि पापानि पूर्व्वजन्मकृतानि च ॥२॥

gītādhyayana-śīlasya prāṇāyāma-parasya cha
naiva santi hi pāpāni pūrva-janma-kṛtāni cha [2]

2 For a self-controlled person who seriously studies this Bhagavad-gita scripture, not a trace of sin from this life or even from the previous life remains, as all the sins of such a person are burnt to ashes.

मलनिर्मोचनं पुंसां जलस्नानं दिने दिने ।
सकृद्गीताम्भसि स्नानं संसारमलनाशनम् ॥३॥

malanir mochanaṁ puṁsāṁ jala-snānaṁ dine dine
sakṛd-gītāmbhasi snānaṁ saṁsāra-mala-nāśanam [3]

3 As a person bathes every day to cleanse the body, similarly, by bathing only once in the waters of the Bhagavad-gita (reading the Gita once with devotion) all the dirt of painful material existence is washed away.

गीता सुगीता कर्त्तव्या किमन्यैः शास्त्रविस्तरैः ।
या स्वयं पद्मनाभस्य मुखपद्माद्विनिःसृता ॥४॥

gītā sugītā kartavyā kim anyaiḥ śāstra-vistaraiḥ
yā svayaṁ padma-nābhasya mukha-padmād viniḥsṛtā [4]

4 The Gita should always be sung with devotion. This divine song emanated from the holy lotus mouth of the Supreme Lord Himself, Lord Sri Krishna. What more can any other scriptures give?

भारतामृतसर्व्वस्वं विष्णोर्वक्त्राद्विनिःसृतम् ।
गीतागङ्गोदकं पीत्वा पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते ॥५॥

bhāratāmṛta-sarvasvaṁ viṣṇor vaktrād viniḥsṛtam
gītā-gaṅgodakaṁ pītvā punar janma na vidyate [5]

5 By drinking the Ganges waters of the Gita (by singing the Gita with devotion), the nectar of the Mahabharata emanating from the lotus mouth of Lord Visnu, one will never take birth in the material world again.

सर्व्वोपनिषदो गावो दोग्धा गोपालनन्दनः ।
पार्थो वत्सः सुधीर्भोक्ता दुग्धं गीतामृतं महत् ॥६॥

sarvopaniṣado gāvo dogdhā gopāla-nandanaḥ
pārtho vatsaḥ sudhīr bhoktā dugdhaṁ gītāmṛtaṁ mahat [6]

6 All the Upanisads are as the cow, and the milker of the cow is Sri Krishna, the son of Nanda. Arjuna is the calf, the nectar of the Gita is the milk, and the fortunate devotees are the enjoyers of the milk.

एकं शास्त्रं देवकीपुत्रगीतम्
एको देवो देवकीपुत्र एव ।
एको मन्त्रस्तस्य नामानि यानि
कर्म्माप्येकं तस्य देवस्य सेवा ॥७॥

ekaṁ śāstraṁ devakī-putra-gītam
eko devo devakī-putra eva
eko mantras tasya nāmāni yāni
karmāpy ekaṁ tasya devasya sevā [7]

7 There need be only one scripture — the holy Gita sung by Sri Krishna; only one worshippable Lord — Sri Krishna; only one mantra — His Holy Names; and only one work — devotional service to the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna.