Gītā-Gītikā (गीता-गीतिका): Dr.Harekrishna Meher

Gītā-Gītikā  (Song of the Gītā )

Extracted from Sanskrit Kāvya ‘Mātŗigītikāñjalih’

(English Translation by the Author Dr. Harekrishna Meher)

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(Glory of the Divine Song Śrīmad-Bhagavad-Gītā is marked in this lyric.

The trio of knowledge, deed and devotion is the essence of Gītā.

Admonition of Gītā  in performing own duty paves the way

for perfection in human life.)

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Blissful is Śrīmad-Bhagavad-Gītā

authored by the great sage Kŗishņa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa).

Gītā is sung by the Supreme God i.e. Lord Kŗishņa. (0)

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Gītā is the holy book

containing Lord Kŗishņa’s admonitions

to the great warrior Arjuna.

This explores the saga of glory

and victory of righteousness.

As a portion of the great epic Mahābhārata

rendering well-being to all, Gītā contains

the speeches of Lord Kŗishņa

eternally true and significant.

It is vastly studied by the wise. (1)

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All Upanishads are the auspicious and beauteous cow.

Lord Govinda (Kŗishņa) is the milkman.

Arjuna, the active warrior son of Kuntī, is calf indeed.

Gītā, paving way for salvation of human life,

is the palatable milk.

The wise are enjoyers

of this sweet ambrosial milk. (2)

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Perform deeds sticking to your own duty.

You, the able one, lay emphasis on doing actions.

With discriminative knowledge

and with purity of mind,

be a devotee at the feet of the omnipresent

Supreme God  in the world.

Verily Gītā teaches to equally endure

both heat and cold. (3)

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In the mortal region,

Gītā admonishes humanism

in noble behaviours.

The prime aspect of Gītā lies in  

knowledge, devotion and deed.

Sacred is the Gītā with philosophical speculations

of immortal soul. (4)

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Gītā annihilates all the evils of Kali-Yuga

and severs the shackles of birth-death-cycle

in the mortal world. 

With the description of Yoga

and the restriction of material enjoyments,

Gītā gives divine enlightenment

in the hearts of the people.

Replete with Supreme Brahman,

Gītā, the Divine Song, is verily blissful. (5)

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(Thus ends Gītā-Gītikā)

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