If you’d like to help, see Help: In the three worlds it is the association-with-good-people alone that can serve as a boat to cross the sea of change, birth and death. It seemed to him that the profoundest religion and the profoundest philosophy were those of the Upanishads. The old man moves about leaning on his staff.
By identifying the translator or locating another translation which meets Wikisource’s Copyright Policyyou may remove this notice and prevent the gogindam of this work. Guide to control your senses and seek Govindaemancipator of Lustgreed and anger.Ĭreate in your mind, devoid of passions, thoughts of the Reality. Behold there lies the man who sits warming up his body with the fire in englissh 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 govibdam the tree. From where did I come? Fantastic, for those of us who have no command of Sanskrit and don’t understand any other language except English. These are nothing but a modification of flesh. This is generally attributed as the reason for the decline of Buddhism and the rise in what in ln times is called Hinduism. Of whom are you? Old age passes away by thinking over many past things. When the wealth is reduced, where is the retinue? Leaving aside all these, after knowing their illusory nature, realize the state of Brahman and enter into it. The Acharya urges the man to turn towards God and sing His glory instead of trying to learn a language. Govinda be Praised O You meanig fool! Where is samsara when the Truth is known? Very readily one indulges in carnal pleasures later on, alas, come diseases of the body. And yet, one leaves not the gusts of desires. If it does not get transformed into devotion bhaktisuch knowledge jnana is useless tinsel. Hence, the hymn bears the title “Dvadasamanjarika- Stotra ” A hymn which is a bunch of twelve verse-blossoms.Įach one of these are destroyed within a minute.
One who bhaaja in communion with God enjoys bliss, pure and uncontaminated, like a child and as someone intoxicated. When the Truth is realised, where is samsara? The life of a man is as uncertain as rain drops trembling on a lotus leaf. The fourteen disciples who were with the Master on that occasion are believed to have added one verse each. Seeing truth revealed before them, still the foolish ones see it not. He lived during a time when Hinduism was in decline with a rise of Buddhism and the first contacts of Islam in the Indian sub continent. It really inspired me and thanks for Adi Shankara may he bless us more with such wisdom. The refrain “Bhaja Govindam” which defines the composition and gives it its name invokes the almighty in the aspect of Vishnu it is therefore very popular not only with Sri Adi Shankaracharya’s immediate followers, the Smarthasbut also with Vaishnavas and others. Who is your son? Take delight to be with the noble and the holy.
There is no shortage of clothing for a monk so long as there are maning cast off the road. The 31 stanza composition in Sanskrit is not just a devotional song. Vyas jaldhar at With the help > of Monier-Williams’ dictionary I didn’t succeed. This English translation of Bhaja Govindam was found in a magazine published in Autumn by the Sivananda Ashram. Bhaja govindam sloka 1 bhajagovindam bhajagovindam govindam bhaja moodhamathe samprapte meaning: bhaja – seek, govinda – the lord govinda, moodhamathe – o fool, o ignoramus, Bhajagovindam Lyrics Meaning English.
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