ॐ पार्थाय प्रतिबोधितां भगवता नारायणेन स्वयं
व्यासेन ग्रथितां पुराणमुनिना मध्ये महाभारते ।
अद्वैतामृतवर्षिणीं भगवतीमष्टाशाध्यायिनी-
मम्ब त्वामनुसन्दधामि भगवद्गीते भवद्वेषिणीम् ॥
oṁ pārthāya pratibodhitāṁ bhagavatā nārāyaṇena svayaṁ
vyāsena grathitāṁ purāṇa-muninā madhye mahābhārate |
advaitāmṛta-varṣiṇīṁ bhagavatīm aṣṭādaśādhyāyiṇīm
amba tvām anusandadhāmi bhagavad-gīte bhava-dveṣiṇīm ||
(Śaṅkarācārya’s Gītā-dhyāna: 1)
“Oṁ, I meditate upon you of divine nature, O Mother, O Bhagavad-gītā, destroyer of material existence and showerer of the nectar of non-duality, constituted of eighteen chapters, composed by the ancient sage Vyāsa within the Mahābhārata, and taught to Arjuna by Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa himself.”