The Importance of the seventh chapter of Bhagwat Gita. (Ch-7)

The 7th chapter of the Gita is like nectar to our ears. In Pataliputra the gopuras(doors) were very high. There lived a Brahmin named Shankukarna who indulged his life with a business mentality and never satisfied his pittra's nor prayed. Once he was travelling with his sons for his fourth marriage when a poisonous snake bit his arm. No mantra or tantra could save him. As he had no Punya in his account he took birth as a snake. He remembered his previous life too well.

In the form of a snake he remembered and worried about the wealth that he had buried in his previous birth. So he decided that even as a snake he would protect this wealth. He appeared in his son's dream and told them about the buried wealth. He also disclosed his new form as a snake adding that now he was guarding that wealth. The three sons, unlike him, were a person of integrity. The next morning after discussing their dreams the middle son picked up his axe and reached the spot. He went on digging and ultimately found the buried wealth. All the three sons wanted to know from their father about his story and in what way they could help Shankukarna.

The Brahmin narrated his sinful life from previous birth and why he had to take birth as a serpent. Then he told his sons to perform the rituals and to read the seventh chapter of the Gita. All the three sons now were always reading the seventh chapter of Gita. They did this several times. The father who was now a serpent, left the form of a snake and became human due to Punya accrued from listening to the seventh chapter of Gita. He then distributed the wealth equally among his sons. After that he attained Moksha.

As said earlier, the Seventh Chapter of the Gita is the nectar that relieves your sins just by hearing it.