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Song Name: Bhaja

Govindam

Bhaja

Govindam

Govindam

Bhaja

Mudha Mate

Official Name: Bhaja

Govindam

Stotraml ; Dvadasamanjarika

Stotra (1-12); Caturdasa-manjarika

Stotra

(13-34)

Author: Adi

Sankaracarya

Book Name: None

Language: Sanskrit

 

LYRICS:

(1)

bhaja

govindam ́ bhaja

govindam ́

govindam ́ bhajamūḍhamate

saḿprāpte

sannihite

kāle

nahi

nahi

rakśati

 

(2)

mūḍha

jahīhi

dhanāgamatṛṣṇām ́

kuru

sadbuddhim ́ manasi

vitṛṣṇām

yallabhase

nijakarmopāttam ́

vittam ́ tena

vinodaya

cittam

 

(3)

nārīstanabhara

nābhīdeśam ́

dṛṣṭvā

māgāmohāveśam

etanmāḿsāvasādi

vikāram ́

manasi

vicintaya

vāram ́ vāram  

 

(4)

nalinīdalagata

jalamatitaralam ́

tadvajjīvitamatiśayacapalam

viddhi

vyādhyabhimānagrastam ́

lokam ́ śokahatam ́ ca samastam  

 

(5)

yāvadvittopārjana

saktah ̣

stāvannija

parivāro

raktah ̣

paścājjīvati

jarjara

dehe

vārtām ́ ko’pi

na

pṛcchati

gehe  

 

(6)

yāvatpavano

nivasati

dehe

tāvatpṛcchati

kuśalam ́ gehe

gatavati

vāyau

dehāpāye

bhāryā

bibhyati

tasminkāye  

 

(7)

bālastāvatkrīḍāsaktah ̣

taruṇastāvattaruṇīsaktah ̣

vṛddhastāvaccintāsaktah ̣

pare

brahmaṇi

ko’pi

na

saktah ̣  

 

(8)

kāte

kāntā

kaste

putrah ̣

saḿsāro’yamatīva

vicitrah ̣

kasya

tvam ́ kah ̣ kuta

āyātah ̣

tattvam ́ cintaya

tadiha

bhrātah ̣  

 

(9)

satsańgatve

nissńgatvam ́

nissańgatve

nirmohatvam

nirmohatve

niścalatattvam ́

niścalatattve

jīvanmuktih ̣  

 

(10)

vayasigate

kah ̣ kāmavikārah ̣

śuṣke

nīre

kah ̣ kāsārah ̣

kśīṇevitte

kah ̣ parivārah ̣

jñāte

tattve

kah ̣ saḿsārah ̣  

 

(11)

mā

kuru

dhana

jana

yauvana

garvam ́

harati

nimeṣātkālah ̣ sarvam

māyāmayamidamakhilam ́ hitvā

brahmapadam ́ tvam ́ praviśa

viditvā  

 

(12)

dinayāminyau

sāyam ́ prātah ̣

śiśiravasantau

punarāyātah ̣

kālah ̣ krīḍati

gacchatyāyuh ̣

tadapi

na

muñcatyāśāvāyuh ̣  

 

(13)

dvādaśamañjarikābhiraśeṣah ̣

kathito

vaiyākaraṇasyaiṣah ̣

upadeśo

bhūdvidyānipuṇaih ̣

śrīmac

chankara

bhagavac

charaṇaih ̣

 

(14)

kāte

kāntā

dhana

gatacintā

vātula

kim ́ tava

nāsti

niyantā

trijagati

sajjanasam ́ gatiraikā

bhavati

bhavārṇavataraṇe

naukā  

 

(15)

jaṭilo

muṇḍī

luñchitakeśah ̣

kāṣāyāmbarabahukṛtaveṣah ̣

paśyannapi

cana

paśyati

mūḍhah ̣

udaranimittam ́ bahukṛtaveṣah ̣  

 

(16)

ańgam ́ galitam ́ palitam ́ muṇḍam ́

daśanavihīnam ́ jatam ́ tuṇḍam

vṛddho

yāti

gṛhītvā

daṇḍam ́

tadapi

na

muñcatyāśāpiṇḍam  

 

(17)

agre

vahnih ̣ pṛṣṭhebhānuh ̣

rātrau

cubukasamarpitajānuh ̣

karatalabhikśastarutalavāsah ̣

tadapi

na

muñcatyāśāpāśah ̣  

 

(18)

kurute

gańgāsāgaragamanam ́

vrataparipālanamathavā

dānam

jñānavihinah ̣

sarvamatena

muktim ́ na

bhajati

janmaśatena  

 

(19)

sura

mandira

taru

mūla

nivāsah ̣

śayyā

bhūtala

majinam ́ vāsah ̣

sarva

parigraha

bhoga

tyāgah ̣

kasya

sukham ́ na

karoti

virāgah ̣  

 

(20)

yogarato

vābhogaratovā

sańgarato

vā

sańgavīhinah ̣

yasya

brahmaṇi

ramate

cittam ́

nandati

nandati

nandatyeva  

 

(21)

bhagavad

gītā

kiñcidadhītā

gańgā

jalalava

kaṇikāpītā

sakṛdapi

yena

murāri

samarcā

kriyate

tasya

yamena

na

carcā  

 

(22)

punarapi

jananam ́ punarapi

maraṇam ́

punarapi

jananī

jaṭhare

śayanam

iha

saḿsāre

bahudustāre

kṛpayā’pāre

pāhi

murāre  

 

(23)

rathyā

carpaṭa

viracita

kanthah ̣

puṇyāpuṇya

vivarjita

panthah ̣

yogī

yoganiyojita

citto

ramate

bālonmattavadeva  

 

(24)

kastvam ́ ko’ham ́ kuta

āyātah ̣

kā me jananī

ko me tātah ̣

iti

paribhāvaya

sarvamasāram

viśvam ́

tyaktvā

svapna

vicāram  

 

(25)

tvayi

mayi

cānyatraiko

viṣṇuh ̣

vyartham ́ kupyasi

mayyasahiṣṇuh ̣

bhava

samacittah ̣ sarvatra

tvam ́

vāñchasyacirādyadi

viṣṇutvam  

 

(26)

śatrau

mitre

putre

bandhau

mā

kuru

yatnam ́ vigrahasandhau

sarvasminnapi

paśyātmānam ́

sarvatrotsṛja

bhedājñānam  

 

(27)

kāmam ́ krodham ́ lobham ́ moham ́

tyaktvā’tmānam ́ bhāvaya

ko’ham

ātmajñāna

vihīnā

mūḍhāh ̣

te

pacyante

narakanigūḍhāh ̣  

 

(28)

geyam ́ gītā

nāma

sahasram ́

dhyeyam ́ śrīpati

rūpamajasram

neyam ́ sajjana

sańge

cittam ́

deyam ́ dīnajanāya ca vittam  

 

(29)

sukhatah ̣ kriyate

rāmābhogah ̣

paścāddhanta

śarīre

rogah ̣

yadyapi

loke

maraṇam ́ śaraṇam ́

tadapi

na

muñcati

pāpācaraṇam  

 

(30)

arthamanartham ́

bhāvaya

nityam ́

nāstitatah ̣ sukhaleśah ̣

satyam

putrādapi

dhana

bhājām ́ bhītih ̣

sarvatraiṣā

vihiā

rītih ̣  

 

(31)

prāṇāyāmam ́ pratyāhāram ́

nityānitya

vivekavicāram

jāpyasameta

samādhividhānam ́

kurvavadhānam ́

mahadavadhānam  

 

(32)

gurucaraṇāmbuja

nirbhara

bhakatah ̣

saḿsārādacirādbhava

muktah ̣

sendriyamānasa

niyamādevam ́

drakśyasi

nija

hṛdayastham ́ devam  

 

(33)

mūḍhah ̣

kaścana

vaiyākaraṇo

ḍukṛñkaraṇādhyayana

dhuriṇah ̣

śrīmacchamkara

bhagavacchiṣyai

bodhita

āsicchodhitakaraṇah ̣  

 

(34)

bhajagovindam ́ bhajagovindam ́

govindam ́ bhajamūḍhamate

nāma

smaraṇā

danyam

upāyam ́

nahi

paśyāmo

bhavataraṇe  

 

TRANSLATION

Worship Govinda , Worship Govinda , Worship Govinda . Oh fool! Rules of Grammar will not save you at the time of your death.

 

Oh fool! Give up your thirst to amass wealth, devote your mind to thoughts to the Real. Be content with what comes through actions already performed in the past.

 

Do not get drowned in delusion by going wild with passions and lust by seeing a woman’s navel and chest. Bodies are flesh, fat and blood. Do not fail to remember this again and again in your mind.

 

Uncertain is the life of man as rain drops on a lotus leaf. Know that the whole world remains a prey to disease, ego and grief.

 

So long as a man is fit and able to support his family, see the affection all those around him show. But no one at home cares to even have a word with him when his body totters due to old age.

 

When one is alive, his family members enquire kindly about his welfare. But when the soul departs from the body, even his wife runs away in fear of the corpse.

 

Childhood is lost in play. Youth is lost by attachment to woman. Old age passes away by thinking over many past things. Alas! Hardly is there anyone who yearns to be lost in Parabrahman .

 

Who is your wife? Who is your son? Strange is this samsara . Of whom are you? Where have you come from? Brother, ponder over these truths.

 

From Satsanga comes non- attachment,

from non-attachment comes freedom from delusion, which leads to self-settled ness. From self-settled ness comes Jivan

Mukti (liberation).

 

What good is lust when youth has fled? What use is a lake which has no water? Where are the relatives when wealth is gone? Where is samsara

(the continuation of birth and death) when the Truth is known?

 

Do not boast of wealth, friends, and youth. Each one of these are destroyed within a minute. Free yourself from the illusion of the world of Maya and attain the timeless Truth.

 

Daylight and darkness, dusk and dawn, winter and springtime come and go. Time plays and life ebbs away. But the storm of desire never leaves.

 

This bouquet of twelve verses was imparted to a grammarian by the all-knowing Shankara , adored as the bhagavadpada .

 

Oh mad man! Why this engrossment in thoughts of wealth? Is there no one to guide you? There is only one thing in three worlds that can save you from the ocean of samsara . Get into that boat of satsanga (knowledge of the Truth) quickly.

 

There are many who go with matted locks, many who have clean shaven heads, many whose hairs have been plucked out; some are clothed in saffron, yet others in various colors — all just for a livelihood. Seeing truth revealed before them, still the foolish ones see it not.

 

Strength has left the old man’s body; his head has become bald, his gums toothless and leaning on crutches. Even then the attachment is strong and he clings firmly to fruitless hope.

 

Behold there lies the man who sits warming up his body with the fire in front and the sun at the back; at night he curls up the body to keep out of the cold; he eats his beggar’s food from the bowl of his hand and sleeps beneath the tree. Still in his heart, he is a wretched puppet at the hands of passions.

 

One may go to the Ganga , observe fasts, and give away riches in charity! Yet, devoid of jnana , nothing can give mukthi even at the end of a hundred births.

 

Take your residence in a temple or below a tree, wear the deerskin for the dress, and sleep with mother earth as your bed. Give up all attachments and renounce all comforts. Blessed with such vairagya , could any fail to be content?

 

One may take delight in yoga or bhoga , may have attachment or detachment. But only he whose mind steadily delights in Brahman enjoys bliss, no one else.

 

Let a man read but a little from the Bhagavad-Gita, drink just a drop of water from the Ganga , worship Murari ( Krishna ) just once. He then will have no altercation with Yama

(the lord of death).

 

Born again, death again, birth again to stay in the mother’s womb! It is indeed hard to cross this boundless ocean of samsara . Oh Murari ! Redeem me through Thy mercy.

 

There is no shortage of clothing for a monk so long as there are rags cast off the road. Freed from vice and virtue, onward he wanders. One who lives in communion with God enjoys bliss, pure and uncontaminated, like a child and as someone intoxicated.

 

Who are you? Who am I? From where do I come? Who is my mother, who is my father? Ponder thus, look at everything as essence-less and give up the world as an idle dream.

 

In me, in you and in everything, none but the same Vishnu dwells. Your anger and impatience is meaningless. If you wish to attain the quality of Vishnu soon, have Sama

Bhaava

always.

 

Do not waste your efforts to win the love of or to fight against friend and foe, children and relatives. See yourself in everyone and give up all feelings of duality completely.

 

Give up lust, anger, infatuation, and greed. Ponder over your real nature. Fools are they who are blind to the Self. Cast into hell they suffer there endlessly.

 

Regularly recite from the Bhagavad-Gita, meditate on Vishnu in your heart, and chant His thousand glories. Take delight to be with the noble and the holy. Distribute your wealth in charity to the poor and the needy.

 

He who yields to lust for pleasure leaves his body a prey to disease. Though death brings an end to everything, man does not give up the sinful path.

 

Wealth is not welfare, truly there is no joy in it. Reflect thus at all times. A rich man fears even his own son. This is the way of wealth everywhere.

 

Regulate the pranas (life airs within), remain unaffected by external influences and discriminate between the real and the fleeting. Chant the holy name of God and silence the turbulent mind. Perform these with care, with extreme care.

 

Oh devotee of the lotus feet of the Guru! May thou be soon free from Samsara .

Through disciplined senses and controlled mind, thou shall come to experience the indwelling Lord of your heart!

 

Thus was a silly grammarian lost in rules cleansed of his narrow vision and shown the Light by Sankara’s apostles.

 

Worship Govinda , worship Govinda ,

worship

Govinda , Oh fool! Other than chanting the Lord’s names, there is no other way to cross the life’s ocean.

 

REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:

This song was the last instruction by Adi

Sankaracarya .

 

UPDATED:

June 25, 2009