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the fruit of bathing in Ganga. By the repetition of a sixth part, he may obtain the fruit of the Soma-sacrifice.
(12). He who daily reads a single discourse with devotion, having become a Gana, obtains Rudraloka and therein long abides.
(13). The man who daily reads a quarter-shloka, he, O Earth, remains a man during a manvantara.
(14). The man who should read ten, seven, five, four, two, three, one, or half a shloka of the Gita.
(15). He securely obtains Chandraloka for ten thousand years. Ever engaged in the reading of the Gita, passing through death, he would return to humanity.
(16). Having again practised the Gita, he obtains the supreme liberation. Engaged in the utterance, • Gita, the dying reaches the path.
(17). Attached to the hearing of the Gita, even the great sinner attains to Vaikuntha, and rejoices with Vishnu.
(18). He who meditates on the meaning of the Gita, having performed actions abundantly, he should be known as a Jivanmukta, and at the ending of the body reaches the supreme goal.
(19). Having taken refuge in the Gita, many Kings,
