As stated in the last part of previous post regarding the Bhagavad Gita , (Introduction to the Bhagavad Gita) The Gita opens with the question of the blind king to Sanjaya regarding what happened on the battlefield when the two armies faced each other in battle array. But before even commencing on the first chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, it is noted that there is a Gita Mahatmya in the Bhagavad Gita - Text and Commentary by Sri Sivananda (Sivananda Press Durban SA) [Please note that not all the Bhagavad Gita translations I have reviewed have this section]This Gita Mahatmya (Glory of the Gita) begins with Sri Ganeshaaya Namah! Sri Gopaalakrishnaaya Namah! - Prostrations to Sri Ganesha! Prostrations to Sri Krishna, the lover of Radha! This is an honoring and invoking of the Lord of the Beginnings and Remover of Obstacles (Ganesh) and Lord Krishna (the Supreme Being). The Gita Mahatmya consists of 23 verses. A summary of the verses is the great benefits that are received by by studying the Gita.
It is stated in verse 21 that:
Geetaayahpathanam kritwaa maahaatmyam naiva yah pathet; Vritha paathobhavet tasya srama eva hyudaahritah. - He who fails to read this Glory of the Gita (the Gita Mahatmya), after having read the Gita, loses the benefit thereby, and the effort alone remains.
The 23 verse is :
Suta Uvachaa: Maahaatmyam etat geetaayaaa mayaa proktam sanaatanam; Gitaanate cha pathedyastu yaduktam tatphalam labhet.- Suta said: This greatness or Glory of the Gita, which is eternal, as narrated by me, should be read at the end of the Gita, and the fruits mentioned therein will be obtained.
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