Sottirna khalu pandavai rana-nadi kaivartakah kesavah Salya-grahavati krpena vahani karnena vela-kulaĪsvatthama-vikarna-ghora-makara duryodhanavartini I bow unto the lotus feet of Sri Krishna, the son of Vasudev, the vanquisher of the demons Kamsa and Chanura, the joy of mother Devaki, and the universal teacher. Vasudeva-sutam devam kamsa-chanura-mardanamĭevaki-paramanandam krsnam vande jagad-gurum Arjuna is the calf, the nectar of the Gita is the milk, and the fortunate devotees are the enjoyers of that milk. The crest-jewels of the Vedas, all the Upanisads, are as the cow, and the milker of the cow is Lord Sri Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaj.
Partho vatsah sudhir bhokta dugdham gitamrtam mahat Sarvopanisado gavo dogdha gopala-nandanah He holds a driving-rod in one hand while the other is poised in the expression of instruction, and He is the milker of the nectar of the Gita. I offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna, who fulfills the wishes of His surrendered devotees.
Obeisances unto the Lord as the chariot-driver of Arjuna. Jnana-mudraya krsnaya gitamrta-duhe namah
Prapanna-parijataya totra-vetraika-panaye O Srila Vyasadev of formidable intelligence, whose eyes resemble the long petals of the blooming lotus flower, and who ignited the lamp of knowledge, filled with the oil of the Mahabharata-I offer my obeisances unto you. O Mother, I meditate upon you may you graciously enter my heart. In eighteen chapters, you are the rain of ever-flowing nectar, non-different from the Lord. You have been woven into the scripture Mahabharata by the ancient sage Srila Vedavyas. O Bhagavad-gita, song of the Supreme Lord Himself, you are the bestower of Arjuna’s enlightenment. Vyasena grathitam purana-munina madhye maha-bharateĪdvaitamrta-varsinim bhagavatim astadasadhyayinimĪmba tvam anusandadhami bhagavad-gite bhavad-vesinim Om parthaya pratibodhitam bhagavata narayanena svayam Glossary ॥ अथ मङ्गलाचरणम् ॥ Mangalacharanam: Auspicious Invocation The Glories of Srimad Bhagavad-gita from Sri Vaisnaviya-tantra-sara Chapter Two: The Constitution of the SoulĬhapter Five: The Path of Renunciation of ActionĬhapter Seven: Knowledge and Realisation of the SupremeĬhapter Nine: The Hidden Treasure of DevotionĬhapter Ten: The Divine Glories of the LordĬhapter Eleven: The Vision of the Universal FormĬhapter Thirteen: Distinction Between Matter and SpiritĬhapter Fourteen: The Three Divisions of Material NatureĬhapter Sixteen: The Godly and Ungodly NaturesĬhapter Seventeen: The Three Types of Faith