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By Sri Jagannath Mandir
paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya ca duskrtam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge
To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to re-establish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.
Lord Sri Krsna spoke the Gita 5000 years ago to Arjuna in the battle field of Kurukshetra and this particular day is celebrated worldwide as Gita Jayanti.
As for the devotees of Sri Jagannath Mandir Kuala Lumpur, they were indeed fortunate to celebrate this auspicious day of Gita Jayanti on 2 December 2014. This event kick started at 5:50pm with the recitation of Bhagavad Gita slokas. Devotees together chanted all 700 slokas of the Bhagavad Gita. And this chanting was especially dedicated to ISKCON Malaysia Co GBC His Holiness Srila Jayapataka Swami since Maharaja was undergoing a treatment on that day. It took two and a half hours for the devotees to complete chanting of entire 700 slokas.
The event was even more blissful when the children of Gokul Garden recited Bhagavad Gita slokas with translation that they had memorised. The kids were divided into three groups (based on their classes); Gopal, Domodara and Madhav, and each group recited their slokas. Once they were done, the kids of Gokul Garden were dressed up so wonderfully and they performed a small sketch of the Mahabharatha war. They managed to bring all the devotees back to the time when the war happened! HG Simheswara prabhu, ISKCON Malaysia Regional Secretary presented certificates to all the children who had taken part in this recital.
This was followed by chanting of 108 names of Lord Nrsimhadev for the speedy recovery of ISKCON Malaysia Co GBC His Holiness Srila Jayapataka Swami. The program came to an end with devotees pledging a total of 200 Bhagavad Gitas to be distributed in the name of His Holiness Srila Jayapataka Swami.
The whole of Gita Jayanti celebration concluded with wonderful kirtan by the youth and delicious ekadsai feast.