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The '' ((サンスクリット:गीता ध्यानम्)), also called the ''Gītā Dhyāna'' or the ''Dhyāna Ślokas'' associated with the Gītā, is a 9-verse Sanskrit poem that has often been attached to the ''Bhagavad Gita'', one of the most important scriptures of Hinduism. In English, its title can be translated literally as "meditation on the Gita," and it is also sometimes called the ''Invocation to the Gita''.〔 The nine ''Gita Dhyanam'' verses offer salutations to a variety of sacred scriptures, figures, and entities, characterize the relationship of the ''Gita'' to the ''Upanishads'', and affirm the power of divine assistance. Although differing accounts are given of its origins, the poem is widely circulated in India, and its verses have been quoted by many Hindu leaders. ==Verses== The ''Gītā Dhyānams first verse opens by affirming an act of meditation (''anusandadhāmi''): "Om. I meditate on the ''Bhagavad Gītā'', which gave enlightenment to Arjuna... by the Lord himself"〔〔(italics added) The corresponding Sanskrit reads: "Om pārthāya pratibodhitāṃ bhagavatā nārāyaṇena svayaṃ... tvam anusandadhāmi bhagavad-gite" (See Easwaran, 1975, p. 394, or Chinmayananda, 1998, pp. 1-2).〕 The ''Gītā'' is also affirmed as a mother (''bhagavatīm'', ''amba'') who rescues from ceaseless change (''bhava dveṣiṇīm''). The next verse offers salutations to Vyāsa, the traditional recorder of the ''Gītā''. Several additional verses offer salutations (''namaḥ'', bowing down) to Kṛṣṇa (verses 3, 5, 8), or to the supreme Godhead (''devāya'', verse 9〔About verse 9, Chinmayananda (1998) comments that "The invocation of the Supreme-most is undertaken here through a peculiar literary trick. The extent of the Infinite cannot be comprehended by anyone and therefore, it can only be indicated by suggestive terms. Even the Creator and the ''Vedik'' Deities representing the phenomenal powers must be praying to and invoking their own glorious powers only at the altars of the Infinite and so it is said that we invoke Him, whom the deities of the ''Vedik'' period invoke by their Divine hymns" (p. 26).〕). The commonly quoted fourth verse characterizes the ''Gītā'' as a distillation of the wisdom of the ''Upanishads''. It uses the image of the ''Upanishads'' as like cows, and Arjuna (the person to whom the ''Gītā'' is told) as like a calf who is receiving their milk. This and another selected verse are shown in the table at right, in English translation, Sanskrit original, and romanized transliteration. The eighth verse affirms faith that God (represented in the ''Gītā'' as Kṛṣṇa) can work benevolent miracles, such as giving speech to the dumb. This verse, shown in the table, is also commonly quoted. The remaining ''Gītā Dhyānam'' verses extoll the virtues of the ''Mahābhārata'', the larger scripture in which the ''Gītā'' is embedded, or describe the challenges and foes overcome by Arjuna, to whom Kṛṣṇa spoke the ''Gītā'' (verses 6 and 7). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gita Dhyanam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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