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Srimad BHAGAVAD-GITA

Adi Sankaracharya

From a clear knowledge of the Bhagavad-Gita all the goals of human existence become fulfilled. Bhagavad-Gita is the manifest quintessence of all the teachings of the Vedic scriptures

Ramanuja

he Bhagavad-Gita  was spoken by Lord Krishna to reveal the science of devotion to God which is the essence of all spiritual knowledge. The Supreme Lord Krishnas primary purpose for descending and incarnating is relieve the world of any demoniac and negative, undesirable influences that are opposed to spiritual developement, yet simultaneously it is His  incomparable intention to be perpetually within reach of all human

Madhvacarya

The Mahabharata has all the essential ingredients necessary to evolve and protect  humanity and that within it the Bhagavad-Gita is the epitome of the Mahabharata just as ghee is the essence of milk and pollen is the essence of flowers.

Mahatma Gandhi

The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses.

Vivekananda

The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any fruitive desires is taught  by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita.

Albert Einstein

When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.

Dr. Albert Schweizer

The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.

Aurobindo

The Bhagavad-Gita is a true scripture of the human race a living creation rather than a book, with a new message for every age and a new meaning for every civilization.

Carl Jung

The idea that man is like unto an inverted tree seems to have been current in by gone ages. The link with Vedic conceptions is provided by Plato in his Timaeus in which it states..." behold we are not an earthly but a heavenly plant." This correlation can be discerned by what Krishna expresses in chapter 15 of  Bhagavad-Gita.

Jawaharlal Nehru

The Bhagavad-Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of human existence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations and duties of life; yet  keeping in view the spiritual nature and grander purpose of the universe

Herman Hesse

The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of  lifes wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Bhagavad-Gita  is an empire of thought and in its philosophical teachings Krishna has all the attributes of the full-fledged montheistic deity and at the same time  the attributes of the Upanisadic absolute

Paramahamsa Yogananda

The Bhagavad-Gita is where God Himself talks to His devotee Arjuna.
 

Rudolph Steiner

In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagavad-Gita with full understanding it is necessary  to attune our soul to it.
 

Aldous Huxley

The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

Advise everyone to follow the instructions of  Srimad Bhagavad-Gita as spoken by  Lord Krishna. In this way authorised by Me become a spiritual master and redeem this world.

Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Srila Prabhupada

The Bhagavad-Gita is not seperate from the Vaisnava philosophy and the Srimad Bhagavatam fully reveals the true import of this doctrine which is transmigation of the soul. On perusal of the first chapter of Bhagavad-Gita one may think that they are advised to engage in warfare. When the second chapter has been read it can be clearly understood that knowledge and the soul is the ultimate goal to be attained. On studying the third chapter it is apparent that  acts of righteousness are also of  high priority. If we continue and  patiently take the time to complete the Bhagavad-Gita and try to ascertain the truth of its closing chapter we can see that the ultimate conclusion is to relinquish all the conceptualized ideas of religion which we possess and fully surrender directly  unto the Supreme Lord.

Baladeva Vidyabhusana

Those that have the qualification to understand the Bhagavad-Gita are of three categories: Those who are inherently reverent, those who are verily righteous and sincere in the performance of their daily scriptural duties and those who are of controlled senses.

 

  

स्तोत्रम्‌

॥ हरिः ॐ ॥

अनादिर्भूर्भुवो लक्ष्मीः सुवीरो रुचिराङ्गदः।
जननो जनजन्मादिर्भीमो भीमपराक्रमः॥१०१॥

आधारनिलयोऽधाता पुष्पहासः प्रजागरः।
ऊर्ध्वगः सत्पथाचारः प्राणदः प्रणवः पणः॥१०२॥

प्रमाणं प्राणनिलयः प्राणभृत्प्राणजीवनः।
तत्त्वं तत्त्वविदेकात्मा जन्ममृत्युजरातिगः॥१०३॥

भूर्भुवःस्वस्तरुस्तारः सविता प्रपितामहः।
यज्ञो यज्ञपतिर्यज्वा यज्ञाङ्गो यज्ञवाहनः॥१०४॥

यज्ञभृद् यज्ञकृद् यज्ञी यज्ञभुक् यज्ञसाधनः।
यज्ञान्तकृद् यज्ञगुह्यमन्नमन्नाद एव च॥१०५॥

आत्मयोनिः स्वयंजातो वैखानः सामगायनः।
देवकीनन्दनः स्रष्टा क्षितीशः पापनाशनः॥१०६॥

शङ्खभृन्नन्दकी चक्री शार्ङ्गधन्वा गदाधरः।
रथाङ्गपाणिरक्षोभ्यः सर्वप्रहरणायुधः॥१०७॥
सर्वप्रहरणायुध ॐ नम इति।

वनमाली गदी शार्ङ्गी शङ्खी चक्री च नन्दकी।
श्रीमान् नारायणो विष्णुर्वासुदेवोऽभिरक्षतु॥१०८॥
श्री वासुदेवोऽभिरक्षतु ॐ नम इति।