Vaishampayana said : O Janamejaya! What is the need to collect a pile of scriptures? Gita should be duly listened, recited, read, taught, understood and retained properly as it has emanated directly from the lotus lips of god Padmanabha himself.
वैशम्पायन उवाच गीता सुगीता कर्तव्या किमन्यैः शास्त्रसंग्रहैः। या स्वयं पद्मनाभस्य मुखपद्माद् विनिःसृता॥