Chatur Shaloki Geeta Chapter 10, verses 8-11:

Aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate;

Iti matwaa bhajante maam budhaa bhaavasamanvitaah.

I am the source of all; from Me everything evolves; understanding thus, the wise, endowed with
meditation, worship Me. BG 10.8

Macchittaa madgatapraanaa bodhayantah parasparam;

Kathayantashcha maam nityam tushyanti cha ramanti cha.

With their minds and lives entirely absorbed in Mae, enlightening each other and always
speaking of Me, they are satisfied and delighted. BG 10.9

Teshaam satatayuktaanaam bhajataam preetipoorvakam;

Dadaami buddhiyogam tam yena maamupayaanti te.

To them who are ever steadfast, worshipping Me with love, I give the Yoga of discrimination by
which they come to Me. BG. 10.10

Teshaam evaanukampaartham aham ajnaanajam tamah;

Naashayaamyaatmabhaavastho jnaanadeepena bhaaswataa

Out of mere compassion for them, I, dwelling within their Self, destroy the darkness born of
ignorance by the luminous lamp of knowledge. BG 10.11

All these four verses are collectively called as Chatur Slokas, the four verses that
summarize the entire teachings of Bhagavad Gita. They are believed to be the most
integral and magnanimous way towards The Supreme. To my opinion, by only the grace
of these slokas, one can be a Yogi.

This is "OM" the basic Aatma of every creation of this world and according to us
this is the True essence of Bhagavata Purana. This Chatusloki Bhagavat was
given to Brahmaji by the Lord Himself and Brahma transferred it to Narada and
Narada in turn gave to Veda Vysasa Rishi who expanded this four slokas into
about 18,000 verses of Sreemad Bhagavatam. So this Bhagavatam is the
Vangmayi Roopam of Bhagavan Sree Krishna Himself.

OM" is the Pranava Mantram described in the Vedas , which is the base for all
the Shastras of Hinduism. "Om Namo Narayanaya" "Om Namah Shivaya" "Om
Shakthi" ....all the Moola Mantras start with the word "OM". And it stands for all
that is revealed in the 18 puranas, Ithihasas and other smruthies and shruthies.
That is the Tattwam of the Bhagavatham, the absolute Truth, the Mahat
Gnanam, and the learned ones think that Tattwam is called "Brahman" by the
realized souls and "Paramatma" by the Yogies and "Bhagvan" by the Bhakthas,
devotees.

"Vadanti Tat Tatwa Vidah: Tattwam Yat Gnanam Advayam,

Brahmeti Paramatmeti Bhagwan Iti Shabyathe."...1/2/11
".....Dhrushta Eva Aatmameesware".......1/2/21

This is the essence of Sreemad Bhagavatam, which was first instructed to

Brahmaji by the Lord Himself and which Brahmaji described to Narada Maharshi
and Narada gave to Veda Vyasaji in the form of the Chatur Sloki Bhagavat. Veda
Vyasaji was found very unhappy even after writing the 17 Puranas and the four
Vedas and the Mahabarat,which is known as the fifth veda. Naradaji advised him
to write the Bhagavatam containing all the stories of the Lord and more
importantly that of His Devotees.The "OM" tattwam is very much visible in the
chatur Sloki Bhagavatam.The first verse speaks about the "Brahma Tattwam",the
second one tells about the "Jagat Tattwam", the third one about the "Maya
Tattwam, and the last one explains about the "Aatma Tattwam" which is the
essence of all the Spiritual Learning and all these four form parts of the Pranava
Mantra "OM". Let us see these verses in details........

" Aham Eva Aasam Eva Agre,Na Anyat Yat Sat Asat Param,
Paschat Aham Yat Etat Cha, Yah: Avashishyeta Sah: Asmi Aham"

Here the Lord Tells Brahmaji, that before the creation of this Jagat only He
was existing, nothing else, and what he is seeing now in this Jagat is only He,and
at the end of the Maha Pralaya only He will be existing and nothing else will.That
is why He is called the Sarva Vyapi, Vishnu. In the Bhagavat Geeta, Lord Krishna
is clearly stating that He is residing in every living being. The Upanishads declare
that "Esa Vasyam Ithagum Sarvam", that the Lord resides in everything in this
Jagat. This is the Brahma Tattwam, Jagat Guru Shankaracharya said that the
whole Jagat is Mithya, Maya and only the Brahmam is Satyam, it is only truly
existing. Or as the Lord was alone before the creation of this Jagat, He thought of
making this World with His Sankalpam, and just as the Spider makes it's web by
it's own materials, God created this World with His own materials, meaning that
whatever we see in this Jagat is the part and parcel of the Lord Himself. That is
"Brahma Tattwam" we understand here.
Then comes the question,if that is "Brahmam" what is this Maaya? In this
connection the Bhagavatkar says.....

"Rite artham yat pratiiyeta, na pradiiyeta cha aatmani,

Tat vidyaat aatmanah: maayaam, yathaa aabhaasah: yathaa tamah."

Here Bhagavan tells Brahma that whatever appears to be true or of some

value,if it is not related to me then it is not real or it's false. It is actually my
illusory energy called the Maayaa,it is actually like a reflection in darkness. That
is the Maayaa Tatwam. It is like the reflection of a Moon in a pond, which is only
illussion which makes one believe that there are two Moons. Or like the Graha
Rahu , Tamo-rupa, which even though present among the Grahas it does not
shine like one.

The first said Asat object's light, the reflected Moon's rays, and the second
said Sat object's darkness, the Rahu's non-illumination, represents the Maayaa,
which is the Lord's illussory Energy. It is the power of hiding a real thing called
Aavarana Shakthi, and the power of showing something which is not there ,called
Vikshepa Shakthi. That is ".....yathaa aabhasah: and yathaa tamah:" However a
Sane person a learned person knows that it is the power of the Lord, maayaa is
also an energy emanating from the Lord Himself. Only a less learned person will
only come into the direct influence of this Maayaa. In explaining this, He has to
mention what is then the Jagat, Universe, is..............

"Yathaa Mahaanti bhuutani, bhuuteshu uchcha avaseshu anu,

Pravishtaani apravishtaani tathaa teshu na teshu aham"
 God tells Brahmaji that just as,all the material elements of this Jagat are
visible after the creation are called the Pravishtas and they were existing in the
form of a cause even before the creation and hence called the Apravishtas, I too,
as I'm present in every creation internally, Antheryaami, am a pravishta and as I
did existed even before the creations of the Jagat, I am Apravishta too. Or The
Lord is in everything in this Jagat internally, at the same time He's outside of all
these elements. This is the Jagat Tatwam. The Lord is very specific in telling us
that He's in every creation, as a part of that thing and at the same time all these
things are not in Him. He is pervaded by the entire Universe, He's the part and
parcel of everything in this world. In Bhagavat Geeta too Lord is clear in telling
that He's in every creation but none is in Him. As we do, Brahmaji too would have
got confused with these terms as Brahma Tatwam Maayaa Tatwam and Jagat
Tatwam, that is the reason why the Lord ends His Chatur Sloki Bhagavatam with
the clear and real essence of the Bhagavatam, what is the real existence of the
whole Universe and the whole of creations, what is the actual Truth is.........
.
"Etaavad eva jignaasyam, tattwa jignasunaa aatmanah:
anvaya vyatirekaabhyam, yat syaat sarvatra sarvadaa"

This is the Pranava Tatwam we started this post with. It explains the whole
Truth as to what we are and what we stand for. Here the Lord says that all those
who are the Jignasus, those who are searching for the Absolute Truth, will end
their search with the knowledge that in all circumstances and in all the space and
times and directly or indirectly the Paramatma is resting in all the living beings in
the form of Atma and the whole Truth of the matter is the Chaitanya in each and
every creation is the part of the Paramatma, however infinitesmal measure He
may be present there.

Directly or indirectly what is always everywhere existing, or what is true,

that Param Aatma Tattwam only is the ultimate goal of all the Satya Anveshies,
the Jignasus.
 Aatma is the Truth which one is seeking to find. It is like, the Gold is the
atma, or real thing in all the ornaments and we search for ornaments. And those
who know this Truth for them..

"Bhidyate hridaya grantihi:,chidyante sarva samshayaha,

Kshiyante chasye karmani, dhrushta eva aatmaneeswaraha:"

This is "OM" the basic Aatma of every creation of this world and according
to us this is the True essence of Bhagavata Purana. This Chatusloki Bhagavat
was given to Brahmaji by the Lord Himself and Brahma transferred it to Narada
and Narada in turn gave to Veda Vysasa Rishi who expanded this four slokas
into about 18,000 verses of Sreemad Bhagavatam. So this Bhagavatam is the
Vangmayi Roopam of Bhagavan Sree Krishna Himself.

"Sree Haraye Namaha, Sree Haraye Namaha. Sree Haraye Namaha."

Jai Ramakrishna Hari

30 key slokas of Bhagavat Geeta:

chapter.sloka

2.12,13,14
3.13,19,27,37
4.2,7,9,34
5.18
7.1,8,14,19,23
9.10,11,13,14,22
10.8,9,10,11
12.5
15.6
18.55,56