GITA JAYANTI : TOMMORROW ( THURSDAY - EKADASI)
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• December 6, 2000
Asmad gurubhyo namah Srimathe srivan shatagopa sri vedanta desika yatindra maha desikaya namah Srimathe sri Lakshmi nrisimha divya paduka sevaka srivan shatagopa sri narayana yatindra mahadesikaya namah Sri Lakshmi nrisimha parabramhane namah Sri Krishna Parabhramhane namah On this auspicious day I request you all to offer your prayers to Lord Sri Krishna and read this translation of Gita Mahatmyam to remember the ever soothing divine words which are a panacea for all of us tormented by the travails of samsara. Gita shastram idam punyam yah pateth prayatah puman vishnoh padam avapnoti bhaya shokadi varjitah One who studies Gita shastra with interest attains the supreme abode of Vishnu where there is no fear or sorrow. Gitadhyayana shilasya pranayama parasya cha naiva santhi hi papani purva janma kritani cha The sins committed in this life and the previous births are all destroyed for the one who reads Gita and practises pranayama daily. Mala nirmochanam pumsam jala snanam dine dine sakrit gitambhasi snanam samsara malanashanam Like how bathing daily removes dirt, immersing ourselves daily in the stream of Gita washes away all the difficulties of samsara Gita sugita kartavya kim anyaih shastra vistaraih ya svayam padmanabhasya mukha padma vinisrita Gita has to be mastered well; what is the use of all other details of shastras For, Gita is the spoken words of The Primeval divine Lord Padmanabha who supports even the Creator of this universe - Bramha on his navel. Bharatamrita-sarvasvam vishnorvaktrat vinisritam Gita gangodakam pitva punarjanma na vidyate >From the divine lord Vishnu's speech came forth the essence of Mahabharata. One who drinks the waters of the holy Gita-ganges, will not be born again sarvopanishado gavo dogdha gopala nandanah partho vatsah sudheer bhokta dugdham gitamrtam mahat All the essence of the Upanisads was milked by the cowherd boy Gopala; Arjuna is the calf (pretext); The ones who benefit from this nectarean Gita are the intelligent ones. ekam shastram devaki putra gitam eko devo devaki putra eva eko mantrah tasya namani yani karmapyekam tasya devasya seva There is only one scripture - the one sung by Lord Sri Krishna; there is only one God - the son of Devaki (Krishna); there is only one "mantra" - the names of that divine lord; there is only one action to be performed - service of that divine lord . On this day, I thank all my gurus who have taught me and those "kind" participants of Gita lectures who are again teaching me in a different way, the ever soothing words of gita - which should never be forgotten. The only mistake I commit often is to forget those divine words. Let us all study Gita and enrich our lives. adiyen Krishna Kalale -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@eGroups.com Search archives at http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/index.html#SEARCH
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