Sri Gita-mahatmya
gita sastram idam punyam yah pathet prayatah puman
visnoh padam avapnoti bhaya sokadi varjitah
"The conclusion is that Bhagavad-gita is a transcendental literature which one should read very carefully. If one properly follows the instructions of Bhagavad-gita, one can be freed from all the miseries and anxieties of life. One will be freed from all fears in this life, and in one's next life one will attain the spiritual world."
gitadhyayana-silasya pranayama-parasya ca
naiva santi hi papani purva-janma-krtani ca
``If one reads Bhagavad-gita very sincerely and with all seriousness, then by the grace of the Lord the reactions of his past misdeeds will not act upon him.'' (Gita-mahatmya 2)
maline mocanam pumsam jala-snanam dine dine
sakrd gitamrta-snanam samsara-mala-nasanam
``One may cleanse himself daily by taking a bath in water, but if one takes a bath even once in the sacred Ganges water of Bhagavad-gita, for him the dirt of material life is altogether vanquished.'' (Gita-mahatmya 3)
gita su-gita kartavya kim anyaih sastra-vistaraih
ya svayam padmanabhasya mukha-padmad vinihsrta
Because Bhagavad-gita is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one need not read any other Vedic literature. One need only attentively and regularly hear and read Bhagavad-gita. In the present age, people are so absorbed in mundane activities that it is not possible for them to read all the Vedic literatures. But this is not necessary. This one book, Bhagavad-gita, will suffice, because it is the essence of all Vedic literatures and especially because it is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (Gita-mahatmya 4)
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