Thanks to dear Bala Sir’s suggestion and dear Geeta’s support I am embarking on this beautiful journey of the Bhagavad Gita.
However before approaching the Gita a few verses called the Gita Dhyanam are usually sung in the praise of her, whereby we invoke the Mother Gita to reveal the exact meaning & truth as expounded by Lord Krishna himself. This is also a prayer to Lord Krishna as the universal teacher and Vyasaachaarya as the composer of this divine song. So I would like to start with the Gita Dhyana shlokas first as a prayer to Mother Gita to bless us all on our spiritual path ! Hari Om.
GITA DHYANAM
Verse 1
ॐ पार्थाय प्रतिबोधितां भगवतां नारायणेन स्वयं,
व्यासेन ग्रथितां पुराणमुनिनां मध्येमहाभारतम् ।
अद्वैतामृतवर्षिणीं भगवतीमष्टादशाध्यायिनीम्,
अम्ब त्वामनुसन्दधामि भगवद्गीते भवद्वेषिणीम् ॥
Om , Oh Goddess Mother,Oh Bhagavadgita ,(you who were) taught by Bhagavan Narayana himself for the sake of Arjuna, the son of Pratha (Kunti) ,(you who were) faithfully collected and reported by the ancient sage Vyasa, and placed in the middle of the Mahabharata, (you who are) in eighteen chapters, you who have the nature of showering the nectar of non-duality, who is the destroyer of the life of becoming (samsara), again and again I invoke you.
Verse 2
नमोsस्तु ते व्यास विशालबुद्धे फुल्लार्विदायतपत्रनेत्र ।
येन त्वया भारततैलपूर्णः प्रज्वालितो ज्ञानमयः प्रदीपः ॥
Oh ! Vyasa the one whose intellect is vast, whose eyes are clear and as pleasing as a fully blossomed Lotus , who lit the lamp of knowledge well by filling it with the oil of Mahabharata, to you my salutations.