यदस्ति सच्चिदानन्दघनम् एकमेव अद्वितीयं परं ब्रह्म,
यस्य भासा सर्वमिदं विभाति,
That which is the pure Sat-Cit-Ananda, the one Supreme Brahman without a second, by whose radiance all this is illumined,
यस्य चैतन्येन चेतनाः सर्वे चैतन्यवन्तः,
यस्य आनन्दलेशेन सर्वेऽप्यानन्दिनः,
by whose consciousness all minds have sentience, by a drop of whose bliss, all are happy,
यस्यैव रूपाणि ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्रात्मकानि,
यस्यैव शक्तयः वागीश्वरीरमागौरीप्रभृतयः,
whose forms are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, whose powers are Sarasvati, Lakshmi, Gauri etc.
यदेव वटमूले स्थितं दक्षिणास्यं,
यदेव वटपत्रशयानं,
that which is Dakshinamurti under the Banyan tree, that which is lying on the Banyan leaf (Krishna),
यदेव सर्वोपनिषत्सारभूतं,
यदुच्चारणादेव प्रसुस्राव भागीरथी,
यज्जटामण्डले एव सा विहरति हैमवती,
that which is the essence of all Upanishads, due to whose utterances Ganga flowed, on whose matted locks she, born from the Himalayas, sports,
यदेव त्रिपुरान्तकं,
यदेव मधुकैटभमर्दनं,
यदेव मत्स्यादिसर्वावतारधुरन्धरं,
that which destroyed the three cities, that which destroyed the Asuras Madhu and Kaitabha,
that which takes on the responsibility of all Avataras beginning with Matsya,
यदेव रघुकुलालङ्कारभूतं,
यदेव दशाननप्राणनिर्वापकं,
यदेव दैत्यराजहृदयदलनप्रवीणनखवराग्रं नरकण्ठीरववपुर्धरं,
that which is the ornament of the Raghu dynasty,
that which took the life of the ten-faced Ravana,
that which took the form of Narasimha, with superior nails that deftly tore the chest of Hiranyakashipu, the king of Asuras,
यदेव भूभारहरणार्थं वसुदेवदेवकीतनयत्वेन कलितावतरणं,
that which incarnated as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki for exterminating the
burden (of evil kings) on earth,
यदेव गोकुलविहारलोलुपं,
यदेव मुरलीगानमोहितत्रिभुवनं,
यदेव कंसादिदुर्जनमत्तमस्काण्डचण्डभास्करायमाणं,
that which was eager to play in Gokulam,
that which enchanted the three worlds with the music of the flute,
that which was the fierce sun to the dense darkness of Kamsa and other wicked persons,
यदेव श्रीरुक्मिणीसत्यभामादिषोडशसहस्रनारीमणिकलत्रं,
यदेव युधिष्ठिरराजसूयमखवरिष्ठसमाराधितपदकमलं,
यदेव पाण्डवसारथ्यविहारप्रकटितविश्वरूपदर्शनादिवैभवप्रदर्शनेन कौन्तेयचतुरकृपारसमहार्णवभूतं,
that which had sixteen thousand gems of women beginning with Rukmini and Satyabhama as wives,
that which has lotus-feet adored (during the Agra Puja) at the excellent Rajasuya Yagna of Yudhishthira,
that which was the astute, great ocean of mercy to the sons of Kunti through the display of glories such as manifesting the Vishvaroopa while sporting as the charioteer of Arjuna the Pandava,
यदेव श्रीनारद-प्रह्लाद-ध्रुव-जैगीषव्य-दत्तात्रेय-संवर्तक-जडभरत-वसिष्ठ-व्यास-पराशर-शुक-वामदेव-भीष्म-द्रोण-विदुर-सञ्जय-कुन्ती-कौन्तेय-पाञ्चाली-परीक्षित्-प्रमुख-परम-भागवत-जन-समुपासितं,
that which is worshipped by the great devotees Narada, Prahlada, Dhruva, Jaigishavya, Dattatreya, Samvartaka, Jadabharata, Vasishtha, Vyasa, Parashara, Shuka, Vamadeva, Bheeshma, Drona, Vidura, Sanjaya, Kunti, Arjuna, Draupadi, Parikshit etc.,
तदेव गीतामृतरसवर्षपरिशमिततापत्रयजगत्त्रितयं दयारसधनं घनश्यामं श्रीकृष्णाख्यं परं ज्योतिः परं तत्त्वं परं कारणं परं चैतन्यं परमात्मा
परमानन्दघनं भगवच्छब्दवाच्यं श्रीमन्नारायणवासुदेवश्रीराघवश्रीकृष्णादिनाममङ्गलमनोहरं परं दैवतम्
that alone is the Paramatma, the supreme light, supreme truth, supreme cause, supreme consciousness, the cloud-hued one named Sri Krishna, whose wealth is his mercy and who has completely extinguished the three types of suffering of the three worlds by showering the nectar of Gita,
the consolidation of great bliss, indicated by the term “Bhagavan”, charming and auspicious with names like Sriman Narayana, Vasudeva, Sri Raghava, Sri Krishna.
Note: The three types of suffering are: Adhibhoutika, Adhidaivika and Adhyatmika – caused by other beings, caused by natural calamities and caused by one’s own body and mind.
अहं शरणं गतोऽस्मि । हे भगवन् वासुदेव महादेव नारायण तव दासोऽस्मि ।
I have sought refuge (in you). O Lord Vasudeva, Mahadeva, Narayana, I am your slave.
त्वय्येव परे ज्योतिषि परे ब्रह्मणि त्वदंशभूतं मां हविर्भूतं जुहोमि ।
In you, who are the supreme light and supreme Brahman I offer myself, a fragment of yourself, to you, as Havis (sacrificial offering).
तत्त्वमसि अहं ब्रह्मास्मि त्वमेवाहम् अहमेव त्वं हंसस्सोहं सोहंहंसः वासुदेवोऽहं वासुदेवोऽहम् ।
“You are that, I am Brahman, you are I and I am you alone, I am he and he is I. I am Vasudeva and Vasudeva is I”
इति सन्ततं विचिन्तयन् समाधिं कुर्वन् सुखासीनो न स पुनरावर्तते न स पुनरावर्तते (च) ॥
thus ever contemplating, the one who is seated blissfully in intense absorption , is not reborn, is not reborn.
इति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतातात्पर्यपरमानुभवसङ्ग्रहः ॥
This is, in short, the supreme experience of the essence of the Bhagavad Gita.
इति श्रीकाञ्चीकामकोटिपीठाधिपश्रीजगद्गुरुचन्द्रशेखरेन्द्रसरस्वती-विरचितो गीतातात्पर्यसङ्ग्रहः ॥
This is the condensed essence of the Gita, written by the head of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetha, Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekharendra Sarasvati.
ॐ तत् सत् ॥
१९५८-०४-१०
10-04-1958
Source: hand-written copy of Kalancheri Sri. Gurusami Iyer (Father of Sri. G.K.Seetharaman, Veda Vidya Gurukulam). Received through Pujyashri Atma Bodha Tirtha Swamigal (Shri Kumbhakonam Swamigal).
Translated: Rajani Arjun Shankar
