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Gita Dana quotes (for Gita Jayanti)

from Gita Mahatmya of Vaisnaviya tantra sara (included in Vedabase):

gItAyAH pustakaM zuddhaM, yo 'rpayaty eva sAdarAt


vidhinA bhakti-bhAvena, tasya bhAryA priyA bhavet
yazaH-saubhAgyam-ArogyaM, labhate nAtra saMzayaH
dayitAnAM priyo bhUtvA, paramaM sukham aznute

One who, with respect and devotion, and according to scriptural regulations
makes a gift of this holy book, the GItA, such a person will have a devoted
wife, and without a doubt will attain fame, fortune, and good health.
Furthermore, he becomes extremely beloved by those near and dear to him, and
enjoys great happiness. 27-28

gItA pustaka dAnaM ca, dhenu puccha samanvitam


kRtvA ca tad dine samyak, kRtArtha jAyate janaH

To make a gift presentation of a book of the GItA along with a yak-tail


whisk, enables a man to achieve complete success on that day. 66

pustakaM hema-saMyuktaM, gItAyAH prakaroti yaH


dattvA viprAya viduSe, jAyate na purna-bhavam

One who donates a gold-bound GItA to a learned brAhmaNa, never takes birth
in the material world again. 67

zata pustaka dAnaM ca, gItAyAH prakaroti yaH


sa yAti brahma-sadanaM, punar-Avrtti durlabham

One who donates in charity one hundred copies of the GItA attains to a plane
of the Absolute, wherefrom rebirth is rarely encountered. 68

gItA-dAna prabhAvena, sapta-kalpa-mitAH samAH


viSNu-lokam avApyante, viSNuna saha modate

The potency of presenting the GItA as a gift is such that the soul, having
achieved a place in the planet of Lord Visnu for a period of seven
milleniums, then associates with that Supreme Lord Visnu in divine ecstacy.
69

samyak zrutvA ca gItArthaM, pustakaM yaH pradApayet


tasmai prItah zrI bhagAvan, dadAti mAnasepsitam

A person fulfils all his aspirations by pleasing the Supreme Lord, if after
fully hearing the purport of the GItA, he presents the book as a gift to a
brAhmaNa. 70

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