660219-20 Chanting Gita-mahatmya 1 to 7 - New York

• Srila Prabhupada chanting the Gītā-māhātmya while recording his introduction to the Bhagavad-gītā on the 20th of February 1966. The full introduction can be read and heard here.

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Gītā-śāstram idaṁ puṇyaṁ yaḥ paṭhet prayataḥ pumān

(Bhaya-śokādi-varjitaḥ)

(Gītā-māhātmya 1)

gītādhyāyana-śīlasya

prāṇāyama-parasya ca

naiva santi hi pāpāni

pūrva-janma-kṛtāni ca

(Gītā-māhātmya 2)

mala-nirmocanaṁ puṁsāṁ

jala-snānaṁ dine dine

sakṛd gītāmṛta-snānam

saṁsāra-mala-nāśanam

(Gītā-māhātmya 3)

gītā su-gītā kartavyā

kim anyaiḥ śāstra-vistaraiḥ

yā svayaṁ padmanābhasya

mukha-padmād viniḥsṛtā

(Gītā-māhātmya 4)

bhāratāmṛta-sarvasvaṁ

viṣṇu-vaktrād viniḥsṛtam

gītā-gaṅgodakaṁ pītvā

punar janma na vidyate

(Gītā-māhātmya 5)

sarvopaniṣado gāvo

dogdhā gopāla-nandana

pārtho vatsaḥ su-dhīr bhoktā

dugdhaṁ gītāmṛtaṁ mahat

(Gītā-māhātmya 6)

ekaṁ śāstraṁ devakī-putra-gītam

eko devo devakī-putra ev

eko mantras tasya nāmāni yāni

karmāpy ekaṁ tasya devasya sevā

(Gītā-māhātmya 7)