Forwarded Message with Translation of BhajaGovindam.

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Namaste: I am pleased to forward the enclosed materials from Sri Ramachander,

a great devotee of Sanakara bhagavat Pada. He is spending his retirement life

in the service of humanity and we are all fortunate to have this dedicated

soul. Please visit his Website and send your comments and he wants to improve

those sites based on your comments. His website has the blessings of the

Sankara Matts and let us take this opportunity to wish him all success.

 

warmest regards,

 

Ram Chandran

 

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Forwarded Message from Sri P.R. Ramachander (<prr)

 

I am the retired Head of Division of Ecoonmics and Statistics of Indian

Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore. I am contacting you regarding

my web sie on Sanskrit Stotras. http://English_stotras.tripod.com

This site has been developed with the blessings of H.H.JagatGuru of Kamakoti

Peetam , Kanchi and Sringeri Sarada Peetam. I request you to go through the

site and offer your comments. I also am managing another web site

www.keralaiyers.com .

 

I request your cooperation in this matter. I have also translated Bhaja

Govindam in to English Verse. I am attaching it to this letter for your

information

 

P. R. Ramachander

 

Please visit http://English_stotras.tripod.com

 

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BHAJA GOVINDAM –Charpata Panjarika Stotra.

(The eighteen gems of wisdom)

Adi Sankara Bhagvat Pada

(Translated into free verse by P.R.Ramachander, Bangalore)

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Pray Govinda, Pray Govinda,

Pray Govinda, You fool,

For all the ken with you,

Will not be there,

When your end is near.

 

Daily comes the night, eve and morn.

The autumn and spring,

Comes again and again every year.

Time forever plays with life,

But desire does not desert this body forever. . (Pray Govinda,………..) 1

 

The sun in the back,

And the fire behind,

Prevents biting cold during the day,

Knees meet the chin during the night,

To keep one warm.

And food comes by the daily begging,

Life is spent below a tree,

But desire does not desert this body forever. (Pray Govinda,………..) 2

 

Till you are able to earn,

The wealth that everybody yearns,

All the family you love,

Will love and care.

But when the cage of your body gets old,

They would not even ask you,

“How are you?” (Pray Govinda,……..) 3

 

Men with hairs overgrown,

Men with a shaved head,

Men with a well-cut hair,

Men with ochre robes,

See the world,

But pretend they don’t,

And suffer all the way,

To fill their belly forever. (Pray Govinda,………) 4

 

 

 

Read and imbibe Bhagavat Gita,

Drink a drop of the holy Ganga,

At least once salute the Lord,

Then the God of death,

Will not bother you forever. (Pray Govinda,………) 5

 

The limbs have become weak,

The head has become fully bald,

There are no teeth in the mouth,

And the old man totters with an aid of a stick,

But desire does not desert this body ever. (Pray Govinda,………..) 6

 

The child’s mind is engaged in play,

The youths mind is engaged in his lasses charms,

The old man’s mind is full of worries,

But no one thinks of the Ultimate Truth. (Pray Govinda,………..) 7

 

Again and again one is born,

And again and again one dies,

And again and again one sleeps in the mother’s womb,

Help me to cross,

This limitless sea of Life,

Which is uncrossable, my Lord (Pray Govinda, ……..) 8

 

Again and again this dark nights,

Again and again this luster full days,

Again and again these months and years,

But pride and desire never leaves you forever (Pray Govinda,……..) 9

 

Why this passion, when one totters with age,

Why the search for water in the dried up lake,

Why search for relations, when wealth dries,

There is no desire for life,

When you get real knowledge. Of truth (Pray Govinda, ……) 10

 

A lady’s busts divine,

Her bellies shapely,

They are but gates of deceit,

And the joy that is given out,

Is by flesh and fat alone..

Think of this,

Day in and day out (Pray Govinda,……..) 11

 

 

 

 

Who am I?

Where from did I come?

Who is my mother ?

Who is my father?

Think of these,

Realize that this world,

Is but a meaningless mirage,

And Leave this dream like world (Pray Govinda,….) 12

 

Sing the Geetha,

And His thousand names,

Meditate on the Lord of Lakshmi,

Spend time with good souls,

Give all the wealth to the poor. (Pray Govinda,……) 13

 

Till the breath is in the body,

All friends ask your welfare,

When it leaves your frame,

Even your darling wife,

Is full of fear of you , Hey fool (Pray Govinda, …….) 14

 

It is but for pleasure,

That a lady is sought,

Slowly the body gets sick,

The only path leads you,

To your death for sure,

Still no one leaves the sinful ways. (Pray Govinda,…….) 15

 

Like collecting strewn rags all the way,

In life one collects sin and good deeds.

Realize that me or you,

Is not the truth.

In your newly chartered path

Still why are you sad? (Pray Govinda,…..) 16

 

Take bath in Ganga,

Take a dip in the ocean,

Observe penance,

Give money to charity.

All faiths tell you without fail,

And if you do not realize this truth,

Even in hundred lives,

You will not attain the Lord. (Pray Govinda,………) 17

 

 

You get joy,

Of meditation or passion,

Or you get joy,

In solitude or in company,

But All these are but impermanent.

Try to make your mind one,

With Para Brahmam,

That is the only permanent joy. (Pray Govinda,………..) 18

 

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