3. The Gita Is The Song Celestial, Sung...

The Gita is the Song Celestial, sung by Lord Krishna himself. The Gita is the essence of all Indian scriptures. There are eighteen soul-illumining discourses in the Gita. In the eleventh one, Lord Krishna reveals to his beloved disciple, Arjuna, his Visva-Rupa, his Universal Form. On seeing this overpowering sight, this Divine Form, the surrendered disciple in Arjuna cries out:

Tvamadi Deva Purusha Purana...

Thou art the ancient Soul,

The first and original Godhead,

And the Supreme resting place of all that lives;

Thou art the Knower and the Known;

the Highest Abode.

O infinite in form, by Thee the Universe was extended.

Thou art Vayu and Yama and Agni and Soma

and Varuna and Prajapati,

Father of creatures and the great-grandsire,

Salutation, Salutation to Thee,

A thousand times over and again,

And yet again, Salutation,

Again and again, Hail unto Thee.

(From the Bhagavad-Gita:XI.38-39)