essence of bhaja govindam.

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pranams to everybody.

I am Radha Varadarajan,20 yers of age. and I am deeply moved by M.S.

subbalakshmi's bhaja govindam.

but, im not very sure of its inner meaning. although, i can guess that it has

a lot of depth and philosophy attched to it, i couldnt quite make out its

actual word to word meaning. i did search for some books, but then i thought

this egroup should be able to help me out in appreciating this great piece of

work.

i would be very grateful if any of you could write to me about bhaja

govindam's meaning in detail to me.

thank you all,

seeking your blessings,

radha.

 

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Dear Srimathi Radha:

 

Bhaja Govindham is a deeply stirring work

of Adhi Sankara . It has basic questions

about life and its purpose and provides

Upadesam to seek shelter at the scared feet of

the Lord to get release from the misery of

SamsAram .

 

There are a lot of translations available.

You may wish to look up the following thre URLs as

a starter to get at the profound questions

that Adhi Shankara asks in a rhetorical sense:

 

(1) http://www.geocities.com/rodeoDrive/1415/bhaja1.html

(2) http://www.hindubooks.org/books_by_rajaji/bhaja_govindam

This one is by the First Governor General of India ,

Sri Chakravarhty RajagopAlAchaari and is brilliant

for its insights.

(3)http://www.carnatic.com/god/bhaja_govindam

 

Best wishes,

V.Sadagopan

 

At 07:30 PM 2/22/01 MST, you wrote:

>pranams to everybody.

>I am Radha Varadarajan,20 yers of age. and I am deeply moved by M.S.

>subbalakshmi's bhaja govindam.

>but, im not very sure of its inner meaning. although, i can guess that it has

>a lot of depth and philosophy attched to it, i couldnt quite make out its

>actual word to word meaning. i did search for some books, but then i thought

>this egroup should be able to help me out in appreciating this great piece of

>work.

>i would be very grateful if any of you could write to me about bhaja

>govindam's meaning in detail to me.

>thank you all,

>seeking your blessings,

>radha.

>

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> pranams to everybody.

> I am Radha Varadarajan,20 yers of age. and I am deeply moved by M.S.

> subbalakshmi's bhaja govindam.

> but, im not very sure of its inner meaning. although, i can guess that

it has

> a lot of depth and philosophy attched to it, i couldnt quite make out

its

> actual word to word meaning. i did search for some books, but then i t

 

My name is Balaji Srinivasan and am a graduate student in the Aerospace

Engg Dept in Stanford University and unfortunately don't know anything

about our sampradAyam and hence have been guilty of not having introduced

myself though I have been a member of this group for some time now.

 

Dear Ms Varadarajan,

Please see,

http://sanskrit.gde.to/doc_vishhnu/doc_vishhnu.html

There is a link in it for Bhaja Govindam (just below purushhasuukta and

above madhuraashhTakaM). There are many formats given there, so you can

choose the most convenient. It has all the verses sung by Sri Sankara and

his disciples (I believe the cassette has a few cut out for adjusting the

time).

It has the phrases, the translation and a glossary at the end. I am sure you

would also find the same

in the archives of the bhakti list, but I thought a glossary would be helpful. I

hope this

helps.

 

dAsOham