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Pandava Gita
Pandava Gita
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Devotional text
pāṇḍavagītā athavā prapannagītā
prahlādanāradaparāśarapuṇḍarīka-
vyāsāmbarīṣaśukaśaunakabhīṣmakāvyāḥ |
rukmāṅgadārjunavasiṣṭhavibhīṣaṇādyā
etānahaṃ paramabhāgavatān namāmi || 1||
lomaharṣaṇa uvāca |
dharmo vivardhati yudhiṣṭhirakīrtanena
pāpaṃ praṇaśyati vṛkodarakīrtanena |
śatrurvinaśyati dhanañjayakīrtanena
mādrīsutau kathayatāṃ na bhavanti rogāḥ || 2||
brahmovāca |
ye mānavā vigatarāgaparā'parajñā
nārāyaṇaṃ suraguruṃ satataṃ smaranti |
dhyānena tena hatakilbiṣa cetanāste
mātuḥ payodhararasaṃ na punaḥ pibanti || 3||
indra uvāca |
nārāyaṇo nāma naro narāṇāṃ
prasiddhacauraḥ kathitaḥ pṛthivyām |
anekajanmārjitapāpasañcayaṃ
haratyaśeṣaṃ smṛtamātra eva yaḥ || 4||
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
meghaśyāmaṃ pītakauśeyavāsaṃ
śrīvatsāṅkaṃ kaustubhodbhāsitāṅgam |
puṇyopetaṃ puṇḍarīkāyatākṣaṃ
viṣṇuṃ vande sarvalokaikanātham || 5||
bhīma uvāca |
jalaughamagnā sacarā'carā dharā
viṣāṇakoṭyā'khilaviśvamūrtinā |
samuddhṛtā yena varāharūpiṇā
sa me svayambhūrbhagavān prasīdaru || 6||
arjuna uvāca |
acintyamavyaktamanantamavyayaṃ
vibhuṃ prabhuṃ bhāvitaviśvabhāvanam |
trailokyavistāravicārakārakaṃ
hariṃ prapanno'smi gatiṃ mahātmanām || 7||
nakula uvāca |
yadi gamanamadhastāt kālapāśānubandhād
yadi ca kulavihīne jāyate pakṣikīṭe |
kṛmiśatamapi gatvā dhyāyate cāntarātmā
mama bhavatu hṛdisthā keśave bhaktirekā || 8||
sahadeva uvāca |
tasya yajñavarāhasya viṣṇoratulatejasaḥ |
praṇāmaṃ ye prakurvanti teṣāmapi namo namaḥ || 9||
kuntī uvāca |
svakarmaphalanirdiṣṭāṃ yāṃ yāṃ yoniṃ vrajāmyaham |
tasyāṃ tasyāṃ hṛṣīkeśa tvayi bhaktirdṛḍhā'stu me || 10||
mādrī uvāca |
kṛṣṇe ratāḥ kṛṣṇamanusmaranti
rātrau ca kṛṣṇaṃ punarutthitā ye |
te bhinnadehāḥ praviśanti kṛṣṇe
haviryathā mantrahutaṃ hutāśe || 11||
draupadī uvāca |
kīṭeṣu pakṣiṣu mṛgeṣu sarīsṛpeṣu
rakṣaḥpiśācamanujeṣvapi yatra yatra |
jātasya me bhavatu keśava tvatprasādāt
tvayyeva bhaktiracalā'vyabhicāriṇī ca || 12||
subhadrā uvāca |
eko'pi kṛṣṇasya kṛtaḥ praṇāmo
daśāśvamedhāvabhṛthena tulyaḥ |
daśāśvamedhī punareti janma
kṛṣṇapraṇāmī na punarbhavāya || 13||
abhimanyuruvāca |
govinda govinda hare murāre
govinda govinda mukunda kṛṣṇa
govinda govinda rathāṅgapāṇe |
govinda govinda namāmi nityam || 14||
dhṛṣṭadyumna uvāca |
śrīrāma nārāyaṇa vāsudeva
govinda vaikuṇṭha mukunda kṛṣṇa |
śrīkeśavānanta nṛsiṃha viṣṇo
māṃ trāhi saṃsārabhujaṅgadaṣṭam || 15||
sātyakiruvāca |
aprameya hare viṣṇo kṛṣṇa dāmodarā'cyuta |
govindānanta sarveśa vāsudeva namo'stu te || 16||
uddhava uvāca |
vāsudevaṃ parityajya yo'nyaṃ devamupāsate |
tṛṣito jāhnavītīre kūpaṃ khanati durmatiḥ || 17||
dhaumya uvāca |
apāṃ samīpe śayanāsanasthite
divā ca rātrau ca yathādhigacchatā |
yadyasti kiñcit sukṛtaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā
janārdanastena kṛtena tuṣyatu || 18||
sañjaya uvāca |
ārtā viṣaṇṇāḥ śithilāśca bhītā
ghoreṣu vyāghrādiṣu vartamānāḥ |
saṅkīrtya nārāyaṇaśabdamātraṃ
vimuktaduḥkhāḥ sukhino bhavanti || 19||
akrūra uvāca |
ahaṃ tu nārāyaṇadāsadāsa-
dāsasya dāsasya ca dāsadāsaḥ |
anyo na hīśo jagato narāṇāṃ
tasmādahaṃ dhanyataro'smi loke || 20||
virāṭa uvāca |
vāsudevasya ye bhaktāḥ śāntāstadgatacetasaḥ |
teṣāṃ dāsasya dāso'haṃ bhaveyaṃ janmajanmani || 21||
bhīṣma uvāca |
viparīteṣu kāleṣu parikṣīṇeṣu bandhuṣu |
trāhi māṃ kṛpayā kṛṣṇa śaraṇāgatavatsala || 22||
droṇa uvāca |
ye ye hatāścakradhareṇa daityāṃ-
strailokyanāthena janārdanena |
te te gatā viṣṇupurīṃ prayātāḥ
krodho'pi devasya vareṇa tulyaḥ || 23||
kṛpācārya uvāca |
majjanmanaḥ phalamidaṃ madhukaiṭabhāre
matprārthanīya madanugraha eṣa eva |
tvadbhṛtyabhṛtyaparicārakabhṛtyabhṛtya-
bhṛtyasya bhṛtya iti māṃ smara lokanātha || 24||
aśvatthāma uvāca |
govinda keśava janārdana vāsudeva
viśveśa viśva madhusūdana viśvarūpa |
śrīpadmanābha puruṣottama dehi dāsyaṃ
nārāyaṇācyuta nṛsiṃha namo namaste || 25||
karṇa uvāca |
nānyaṃ vadāmi na śaṛṇomi na cintayāmi
nānyaṃ smarāmi na bhajāmi na cāśrayāmi |
bhaktyā tvadīyacaraṇāmbujamādareṇa
śrīśrīnivāsa puruṣottama dehi dāsyam || 26||
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
namo namaḥ kāraṇavāmanāya
nārāyaṇāyāmitavikramāya |
śrīśārṅgacakrāsigadādharāya
namo'stu tasmai puruṣottamāya || 27||
gāndhārī uvāca |
tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva
tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva |
tvameva vidyā draviṇaṃ tvameva
tvameva sarvaṃ mama deva deva || 28||
drupada uvāca |
yajñeśācyuta govinda mādhavānanta keśava |
kṛṣṇa viṣṇo hṛṣīkeśa vāsudeva namo'stu te || 29||
jayadratha uvāca |
namaḥ kṛṣṇāya devāya brahmaṇe'nantaśaktaye |
yogeśvarāya yogāya tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 30||
vikarṇa uvāca |
kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya devakīnandanāya ca |
nandagopakumārāya govindāya namo namaḥ || 31||
virāṭa uvāca |
namo brahmaṇyadevāya gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca |
jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya govindāya namo namaḥ || 32||
śalya uvāca |
atasīpuṣpasaṅkāśaṃ pītavāsasamacyutam |
ye namasyanti govindaṃ teṣāṃ na vidyate bhayam || 33||
balabhadra uvāca |
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛpālo tvamagatīnāṃ gatirbhava |
saṃsārārṇavamagnānāṃ prasīda puruṣottama || 34||
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti kṛṣṇeti yo māṃ smarati nityaśaḥ |
jalaṃ bhitvā yathā padmaṃ narakāduddharāmyaham || 35||
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
nityaṃ vadāmi manujāḥ svayamūrdhvabāhu-
ryo māṃ mukunda narasiṃha janārdaneti |
jīvo japatyanudinaṃ maraṇe raṇe vā
pāṣāṇakāṣṭhasadṛśāya dadāmyabhīṣṭam || 36||
īśvara uvāca |
sakṛnnārāyaṇetyuktvā pumān kalpaśatatrayam |
gaṅgādisarvatīrtheṣu snāto bhavati putraka || 37||
sūta uvāca |
tatraiva gaṅgā yamunā ca tatra
godāvarī sindhu sarasvatī ca |
sarvāṇi tīrthāni vasanti tatra
yatrācyutodāra kathāprasaṅgaḥ || 38||
yama uvāca |
narake pacyamānaṃ tu yamenaṃ paribhāṣitam |
kiṃ tvayā nārcito devaḥ keśavaḥ kleśanāśanaḥ || 35||
nārada uvāca |
janmāntarasahasreṇa tapodhyānasamādhinā |
narāṇāṃ kṣīṇapāpānāṃ kṛṣṇe bhaktiḥ prajāyate || 40||
prahlāda uvāca |
nātha yonisahasreṣu yeṣu yeṣu vrajāmyaham |
teṣu teṣvacalā bhaktiracyutā'stu sadā tvayi || 41||
yā prītiravivekanāṃ viṣayeṣvanapāyini |
tvāmanusmarataḥ sā me hṛdayānmā'pasarpatu || 42||
viśvāmitra uvāca |
kiṃ tasya dānaiḥ kiṃ tīrthaiḥ kiṃ tapobhiḥ kimadhvaraiḥ |
yo nityaṃ dhyāyate devaṃ nārāyaṇamananyadhīḥ || 43||
jamadagniruvāca |
nityotsavo bhavetteṣāṃ nityaṃ nityaṃ ca maṅgalam |
yeṣāṃ hṛdistho bhagavānmaṅgalāyatanaṃ hariḥ || 44||
bharadvāja uvāca |
lābhasteṣāṃ jayasteṣāṃ kutasteṣāṃ parājayaḥ |
yeṣāmindīśvaraśyāmo hṛdayastho janārdanaḥ || 45||
gautama uvāca |
gokoṭidānaṃ grahaṇeṣu kāśī-
prayāgagaṅgāyutakalpavāsaḥ |
yajñāyutaṃ merusuvarṇadānaṃ
govindanāmasmaraṇena tulyam || 46||
agniruvāca |
govindeti sadā snānaṃ govindeti sadā japaḥ |
govindeti sadā dhyānaṃ sadā govindakīrtanam || 47||
tryakṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma govinda tryakṣaraṃ param |
tasmāduccāritaṃ yena brahmabhūyāya kalpate || 48||
vedavyāsa uvāca |
acyutaḥ kalpavṛkṣo'sāvanantaḥ kāmadhenu vai |
cintāmaṇistu govindo harernāma vicintayet || 49||
indra uvāca |
jayatu jayatu devo devakīnandano'yaṃ
jayatu jayatu kṛṣṇo vṛṣṇivaṃśapradīpaḥ |
jayatu jayatu meghaśyāmalaḥ komalāṅgo
jayatu jayatu pṛthvībhāranāśo mukundaḥ || 50||
pippalāyana uvāca |
śrīmannṛsiṃhavibhave garuḍadhvajāya
tāpatrayopaśamanāya bhavauṣadhāya |
kṛṣṇāya vṛścikajalāgnibhujaṅgaroga-
kleśavyayāya haraye gurave namaste || 51||
āvirhotra uvāca |
kṛṣṇa tvadīyapadapaṅkajapañjarānte
adyaiva me viśatu mānasarājahaṃsaḥ |
prāṇaprayāṇasamaye kaphavātapittaiḥ
kaṇṭhāvarodhanavidhau smaraṇaṃ kutaste || 52||
vidura uvāca |
harernāmaiva nāmaiva nāmaiva mama jīvanam |
kalau nāstyeva nāstyeva nāstyeva gatiranyathā || 53||
vasiṣṭha uvāca |
kṛṣṇeti maṅgalaṃ nāma yasya vāci pravartate |
bhasmībhavanti tasyāśu mahāpātakakoṭayaḥ || 54||
arundhatyuvāca |
kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya haraye paramātmane |
praṇatakleśanāśāya govindāya namo namaḥ || 55||
kaśyapa uvāca |
kṛṣṇānusmaraṇādeva pāpasaṅghaṭṭapañjaram |
śatadhā bhedamāpnoti girirvajrahato yathā || 56||
duryodhana uvāca |
jānāmi dharmaṃ na ca me pravṛtti-
rjānāmi pāpaṃ na ca me nivṛttiḥ |
kenāpi devena hṛdi sthitena
yathā niyukto'smi tathā karomi || 57||
yantrasya mama doṣeṇa kṣamyatāṃ madhusūdana |
ahaṃ yantraṃ bhavān yantrī mama doṣo na dīyatām || 58||
bhṛguruvāca |
nāmaiva tava govinda nāma tvattaḥ śatādhikam |
dadāttyuccāraṇānmuktiḥ bhavānaṣṭāṅgayogataḥ || 59||
lomaśa uvāca |
namāmi nārāyaṇa pādapaṅkajaṃ
karomi nārāyaṇapūjanaṃ sadā |
vadāmi nārāyaṇanāma nirmalaṃ
smarāmi nārāyaṇatattvamavyayam || 60||
śaunaka uvāca |
smṛteḥ sakalakalyāṇaṃ bhajanaṃ yasya jāyate |
puruṣaṃ tamajaṃ nityaṃ vrajāmi śaraṇaṃ harim || 61||
garga uvāca |
nārāyaṇeti mantro'sti vāgasti vaśavartinī |
tathāpi narake ghore patantītyadbhutaṃ mahat || 62||
dālbhya uvāca |
kiṃ tasya bahubhirmantrairbhaktiryasya janārdane |
namo nārāyaṇāyeti mantraḥ sarvārthasādhāke || 63||
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ |
tatra śrīrvijayo bhūtirdhruvā nītirmatirmama || 64||
agniruvāca |
harirharati pāpāni duṣṭacittairapi smṛtaḥ |
anicchayāpi saṃspṛṣṭo dahatyeva hi pāvakaḥ || 65||
parameśvara uvāca |
sakṛduccaritaṃ yena harirityakṣaradvayam |
labdhaḥ parikarastena mokṣāya gamanaṃ prati || 66||
pulastya uvāca |
he jihve rasasārajñe sarvadā madhurapriye |
nārāyaṇākhyapīyūṣaṃ piba jihve nirantaram || 67||
vyāsa uvāca |
satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham |
nāsti vedātparaṃ śāstraṃ na devaḥ keśavātparaḥ || 68||
dhanvantariruvāca |
acyutānanta govinda nāmoccāraṇabheṣajāt |
naśyanti sakalā rogāḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham || 69||
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
svargadaṃ mokṣadaṃ devaṃ sukhadaṃ jagato gurum |
kathaṃ muhurtamapi taṃ vāsudevaṃ na cintayet || 70||
agastya uvāca |
nimiṣaṃ nimiṣārdhaṃ vā prāṇināṃ viṣṇucintanam |
tatra tatra kurukṣetraṃ prayāgo naimiṣaṃ varam || 71||
vāmadeva uvāca |
nimiṣaṃ nimiṣārdhaṃ vā prāṇināṃ viṣṇucintanam |
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi labhate vāñchitaṃ phalam || 72||
śuka uvāca |
āloḍya sarvaśāstrāṇi vicārya ca punaḥ punaḥ |
idamekaṃ suniṣpannaṃ dhyeyo nārāyaṇaḥ sadā || 73||
śrīmahādeva uvāca |
śarīre jarjarībhūte vyādhigraste kalevare |
auṣadhaṃ jāhnavītoyaṃ vaidyo nārāyaṇo hariḥ || 74||
śaunaka uvāca |
bhojanācchādane cintāṃ vṛthā kurvanti vaiṣṇavāḥ |
yo'sau viśvambharo devaḥ sa kiṃ bhaktānupekṣate || 75||
sanatkumāra uvāca |
yasya haste gadā cakraṃ garuḍo yasya vāhanam |
śaṅkhacakragadāpadmī sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu || 76||
evaṃ brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ |
kīrtayanti suraśreṣṭhamevaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ vibhum || 77||
idaṃ pavitramāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam |
duḥsvapnanāśanaṃ stotraṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ parikīrtitam || 78||
yaḥ paṭhetprātarutthāya śucistadgatamānasaḥ |
gavāṃ śatasahasrasya samyagdattasya yatphalam || 79||
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti yaḥ paṭhediti saṃstavam |
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || 80||
gaṅgā gītā ca gāyatrī govindo garuḍadhvajaḥ |
gakāraiḥ pañcabhiryuktaḥ punarjanma na vidyate || 81||
gītāṃ yaḥ paṭhate nityaṃ ślokārdhaṃ ślokameva vā |
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || 82||
iti pāṇḍavagītā athavā prapannagītā samāptā |
oṃ tatsat |About this parayana — Vishnu
Devotional recitation is one of the simplest and most powerful practices in the Hindu tradition. Regular chanting calms the mind, purifies the atmosphere of the home, and deepens one’s connection with the deity. These sacred compositions have been sung by devotees for generations and are suitable for daily practice, during morning or evening puja, or on special festival days.
How to chant
Sit comfortably facing your home altar or a clean, quiet space. Light a lamp or incense if you wish. Begin with a short prayer to Ganesha, then recite the text slowly and clearly, focusing on the meaning rather than speed. Consistency matters more than duration — even five minutes of daily chanting brings visible peace of mind.
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