9 Sanskrit verses for meditating on Bhagavad Gita.

1. BHAGAVAD GEETHAAMRITHAM
MEDITATION ON GITA

2. BHAGAVAD GEETHAAMRITHAM
MEDITATION ON GITA
• OM PAARTHAAYA PRATHIBODHITHAAM BHAGAVATHA
NARAYANE’NA SWAYAM, VYAASE’NA GRATHITHAAM PURANA
MUNINA MADHYE’
MAHAABHAARATHAM, ADVAITHAAMRITHAVARSHINEEM
BHAGAVATHEEM ASHTAADASAADHYAAYINEEM AMBA, THWAAM
ANUSANDADHAAMY BHAGAVAD GEETHE’, BHAVADWE’SHINEEM.
• Imparted to Arjuna by Lord Narayana
Himself, spread over 18 chapters in the middle of
Mahabharatha, written by the ancient sage
Vyasa, & raining the nectar of Advaita, O Blessed
Mother, Bhagavad Gita, I meditate on Thee.

3. BHAGAVAD GEETHAAMRITHAM
MEDITATION ON GITA
2. NAMO ASTHU THE’ VYAASA, VISAALABUDHE’,
PHULLARAVINDAAYATHAPATHRANE’THRA
YE’NA THWAYA BHAARATHATHAILAPOORNAH
PRAJWAALITHO JNAANAMAYAH PRADEEPAH.
SALUTATIONS TO THEE, O VYAASA OF
MIGHTY INTELLECT. THOU WHOSE EYES
ARE LARGE LIKE THE PETALS OF A FULL-
BLOWN LOTUS! IT WAS THOU WHO LIT THE
LAMP OF WISDOM WHICH BRIMS WITH THE
OIL THAT IS MAHAABHAARATHA.

4. BHAGAVAD GEETHAAMRITHAM
MEDITATION ON GITA
3. PRAPANNAPAARIJAATHAAYA
THOTHRAVE’THRYVAPAANAYE,
JNAANAMUDRAAYA KRISHNAAYA
GEETHAAMRITHA DUHE’ NAMAH.
SALUTATIONS TO THEE, KRISHNA, WHO ART A
VERITABLE WISH-YIELDING TREE TO ALL WHO
SURRENDER, WHOSE ONE HAND HOLDS A CANE
TO DRIVE CATTLE WHILE THE OTHER IS HELD
IN THE JNAANAMUDRA (KNOWLEDGE-POSE) &
WHO IS THE FAMOUS MILKER OF THE
NECTARINE MILK THAT IS THE BHAGAVAD GITA

5. BHAGAVAD GEETHAAMRITHAM
MEDITATION ON GITA
4. SARVOPANISHADO GAAVO DOGDHAA
GOPAALANANDANA, PAARTHO VATHSA
SUDHEERBHOKTHAA DUGDHAM GEETHA
AMRITHAM MAHATH.
ALL THE UPANISHADS ARE THE COWS; THE
COWHERD’S SON KRISHNA IS THE MILKER;
PAARTHA(Arjuna) IS THE CALF; THE
NECTARINE GITA IS THE MILK; AND THE
PURE-MINDED ARE ITS DRINKERS.

6. BHAGAVAD GEETHAAMRITHAM
MEDITATION ON GITA
5. VASUDE’VASUTHAM DE’VAM KAMSA
CHAANOORA MARDANAM,
DE’VAKI PARAMAANANDAM
KRISHNAM VANDE’ JAGADGURUM.
I SALUTE LORD KRISHNA, THE SON OF
VAASUDE’VA, THE BESTOWER OF SUPREME
DELIGHT TO (MOTHER) DE’VAKI, THE
DESTROYER OF KAMSA AND CHAANOORA &
THE SUPREME TEACHER OF THE WHOLE
WORLD

7. BHAGAVAD GEETHAAMRITHAM
MEDITATION ON GITA
6. BHEESHMA DRONA THATAA JAYADRADATHAJALAA
GAANDHAARANEELOPALA, SALYAGRAAHAVATHI KRIPE’NA
VE’LAAKULA, ASWATHTHAAMAVIKARNAGHORAMAKARAA
DURYODHANAAVARTHINI, SOTHEERNA KHALU PAANDAVAI
RANANADI KAIVARTHAKAH KE’SAVAH.
THE BATTLE RIVER OF KURUKSHE’THRA, WITH
BHEESHMA & DRONA AS BANKS, JAYADRATHA AS
WATER, GANDHAARA PRINCE AS WATER
LILY, SALYA AS CROCODILE, KRIPA AS THE
CURRENT, KARNA AS THE HIGH
WAVE, ASWATHTHAAMA & VIKARNA AS TERRIBLE
SHARKS, & DURYODHANA AS THE
WHIRLPOOL, WAS CROSSED BY THE PAANDAVAAS
WITH THE HELP OF KRISHNA AS THE FERRY-MAN.

8. BHAGAVAD GEETHAAMRITHAM
MEDITATION ON GITA
7. PAARAASARYAVACHAH SAROJAMAMALAM
GEETHAARTH GANDHOTHKATAM,
NAANAAKHYAANAKAKE’SARAM HARI
KATHA SAMBODHANAABODHITHAM, LOKE’ SAJJANA
SHATPADAIRAHARAHAH PE’PEEYAMAANAM MUDA
BHOOYAAD BHAARATHAPANKAJAM KALIMALA
PRADWAMSI NAH SRE’YASE’.
MAY THE STAINLESS LOTUS OF MAHAABHAARATHA, BORN
ON WATERS OF THE WORDS OF VYAASA, SON OF
PARAASARA, WHOSE FRAGRANCE IS THE MESSAGE OF
GITA, WHOSE STAMEN ARE THE NEMEROUS STORIES OF
THE GLORY OF HARI, & WHICH IS SUCKED AGAIN & AGAIN
IN GREAT JOY EVERY DAY BY THE HONEY-SUCKERS,-
VIRTUOUS PEOPLE-, MAY IT PREVAIL FOR THE GOOD OF
ALL WHO WANT TO CLENSE THEMSELVES OFF THE TAINT
OF THE AGE OF KALI.

9. BHAGAVAD GEETHAAMRITHAM
MEDITATION ON GITA
8. MOOKAM KAROTHI VAACHAALAM
PANGUM LANGHAYATHE’ GIRIM,
YATH KRIPAA THAMAHAM
VANDE’ PARAMAANANDA MAADHAVAM.
I SALUTE MAADHAVA (Lord Krishna)
, THE SUPREMELY BLISSFUL ONE, BY
WHOSE GRACE A DUMB CAN BECOME
ELOQUENT, AND A LAME PERSON CAN
CROSS OVER MOUNTAINS.

10. BHAGAVAD GEETHAAMRITHAM
MEDITATION ON GITA
9. YAM BRAHMA VARUNENDRARUDRAMARUTHAH
STHUNWANTHI DIVYAIH STHAVAIRVEDAIH
SAANGAPADAKRAMOPANISHADAIR GAAYANTHI
YAM SAAMAGAH, DYAANAAVASTHITHA THADGATHE’NA
MANASAA PASYANTHI YAM YOGINO YASYAANTHUM NA
VIDU SURAASURA GANA DE’VAAYA THASMAI NAMAH.
MY SALUTATIONS TO THAT SUPREME
BEING, WHOM BRAHMA, VARUNA, INDRA &
RUDRA GLORIFY BY DIVINE HYMNS; WHOM
SAMAN SINGERS PRAISE BY CHANTING THE
VEDA WITH ITS COMPLIMENTARY
PARTS, SECTIONS & UPANISHADS; WHOM
YOGINS INTUIT WITH MIND IN MEDITATION, &
WHOSE LIMIT NEITHER THE DE’VAAS NOR THE