Sapta Shloki Bhagavad Gita

In the stotra-ratnAvaLi (Stotra Ratnavali) by Gita Press Gorakhpur, is given a Sapta Shloka Gita. The
verses are given below, with translation by Swami Gambhirananda.

1. shriibhagavaanuvaacha .

omityekaaksharaM brahma vyaaharanmaamanusmaran.h .

yaH prayaati tyajandehaM sa yaati paramaa.n gatim.h .. 8.13..

He who departs by leaving the body while uttering the single syllable, viz Om, which is Brahman,
and thinking of Me, he attains the supreme Goal.

2. arjuna uvaacha .

sthaane hR^ishhiikesha tava prakiirtyaa

jagatprahR^ishhyatyanurajyate cha .
rakshaa.nsi bhiitaani disho dravanti
sarve namasyanti cha siddhasaN^ghaaH .. 11.36..

It is proper, O Hrsikesa, that the world becomes delighted and attracted by Your praise; that the
Raksasas, stricken with fear, run in all directions; and that all the groups of the Siddhas bow
down (toYou).

3. shriibhagavaanuvaacha .

sarvataH paaNipaadaM tatsarvato.akshishiromukham.h .

sarvataH shrutimalloke sarvamaavR^itya tishhThati .. 13.14..

That (Knowable), which has hands and feet everwhere, which has eyes, heads and mouths
everywhere, which has ears everywhere, exists in creatures by pervading them all.

4. kaviM puraaNamanushaasitaaraM
aNoraNiiya.nsamanusmaredyaH .
sarvasya dhaataaramachintyaruupaM
aadityavarNaM tamasaH parastaat.h .. 8.9..

He who meditates on the Omniscient, the Anceint, the Ruler, subtler than the subtle, the
Ordainer of everything, of inconceivable form, effulgent like the sun, and beyond darkness-(he
attains the supreme Person).

5. uurdhvamuulamadhaHshaakhamashvatthaM praahuravyayam.h .
chhandaa.nsi yasya parNaani yasta.n veda sa vedavit.h .. 15.1..

They say that the peepul Tree, which has its roots upward and the branches downward, and of
which the Vedas are the leaves, is imperishable. He who realizes it is knower of the Vedas.

6. sarvasya chaahaM hR^idi sannivishhTo

mattaH smR^itirGYaanamapohana.ncha .
vedaishcha sarvairahameva vedyo
vedaantakR^idvedavideva chaaham.h .. 15.15..
 And I am seated in the hearts of all. From Me are memory, knowledge and their loss. I alone am
the object to be known through all the Vedas; I am also the originator of the Vedanta, and I
Myself am the knower of the Vedas.

7. manmanaa bhava madbhakto madyaajii maa.n namaskuru .

maamevaishhyasi satya.n te pratijaane priyo.asi me .. 18.65..

Have your mind fixed on Me, be My devotee, be a sacrificer to Me and bow down to Me. (Thus)
you will come to Me alone. (This) truth do I pormise to you. (For) you are dear to Me.

Swami Dayananda: Ten Essential Verses of the Bhagavad Gita

Swami Dayananda, one of the foremost Vedantic teacher of recent times has selected ten essential
verses of of the Bhagavad Gita.

1. ashochyaananvashochastvaM praGYaavaadaa.nshcha bhaashhase .

gataasuunagataasuu.nshcha naanushochanti paNDitaaH .. 2.11..

You grieve for those who should not be grieved for. Yet you speak words of wisdom. The wise do
not grieve for those who are living or for those who are no longer living. [Introduction to Gita.
Adi Shankara begins His Gita commentary with this verse.]

2. vedaavinaashina.n nitya.n ya enamajamavyayam.h .

katha.n sa purushhaH paartha ka.n ghaatayati hanti kam.h .. 2.21..
 Oh! Son of pritha, the one who knows this (self) to be indestructible, timeless, unborn, and not
subject to decline, how and whom does that person kill? Whom does he cause to kill? [Nature of
the Self (tvam).]

3. prajahaati yadaa kaamaansarvaanpaartha manogataan.h .

aatmanyevaatmanaa tushhTaH sthitapraGYastadochyate .. 2.55..

When a person gives up all the desires as they appear in the mind, Oh! paartha, happy in
oneself, with oneself alone, that person is said to be one of ascertained knowledge. []

4. mayaa tatamidaM sarva.n jagadavyaktamuurtinaa .

matsthaani sarvabhuutaani na chaahaM teshhvavasthitaH .. 9.4..

This entire world is pervaded by Me whose form can not be objectified. All beings have their
being in Me and I am not based in them. [Nature of Ishvara (tat). ]

5. loke.asmin dvividhaa nishhThaa puraa proktaa mayaanagha .

GYaanayogena saaN^khyaanaa.n karmayogena yoginaam.h .. 3.3..

Oh! Sinless One, the two-fold committed life-style in this world, was told by Me in the beginning
-- the pursuit of knowledge for the renunciates and the pursuit of action for those who pursue
activity.[The two-fold committed life-styles.]

6. karmaNyevaadhikaaraste maa phaleshhu kadaachana .

maa karmaphalaheturbhuurmaa te saN^go.astvakarmaNi .. 2.47..

Your choice is in action only, never in the result thereof. Do not be the author of results of
action. Let your attachment not be to inaction. [Karma-yoga: Ishvara is the author of the
results of action.]

7. yataH pravR^ittirbhuutaanaa.n yena sarvamidaM tatam.h .

svakarmaNaa tamabhyarchya siddhi.n vindati maanavaH .. 18.46..

Through one's own duty, worshipping him from whom is the creation of beings, by whom all this
is pervaded, a human being gains success. [Karma-yoga: Doing one's duty is worshipping the
Lord.]

8. sa.nnyaasastu mahaabaaho duHkhamaaptumayogataH .

yogayukto munirbrahma nachireNaadhigachchhati .. 5.6..

Renunciation of action, O Arjuna, is difficult to accomplish without karma-yoga. Whereas, one

who is capable of reasoning, who is committed to a life of karma-yoga, gains Brahman quickly.
[Sannyasa-yoga: vidisha-sannyaasa -- taken by a qualified seeker to know the self.]

9. sarvakarmaaNi manasaa sa.nnyasyaaste sukhaM vashii .

navadvaare pure dehii naiva kurvanna kaarayan.h .. 5.13..

The indweller of the physical body, the one who is self-controlled, having renounced all actions
mentally (by knowledge), remains happily in the nine-gated city (the body) neither performing
action, nor causing (others) to act. [GYaana-karma-sannyaasa: renunciation of all action by the
knowledge (GYaana) that the self is not the doer.]

10. sarvadharmaanparityajya maamekaM sharaNaM vraja .

ahaM tvaaM sarvapaapebhyo mokshyayishhyaami maa shuchaH .. 18.66..
Giving up all karmas, take refuge in Me alone. I will release you from all karma; do not grieve.
[Conclusion.]