Bhaja Govindam

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TEXT 1

 

bhajagovindam bhajagovindam

govindam bhajamuudhamate

sampraapte sannihite kaale

nahi nahi rakshati dukrijnkarane

 

Worship Govinda, Worship Govinda, Worship Govinda. Oh fool! Rules of

Grammar will not save you at the time of your death.

 

TEXT 2

 

mudha jahiihi dhanaagamatrishhnaam

kuru sadbuddhim manasi vitrishhnaam

yallabhase nijakarmopaattam

vittam tena vinodaya chittam

 

Oh fool! Give up your thrist to amass wealth, devote your mind to

thoughts to the Real. Be content with what comes through actions

already performed in the past.

 

TEXT 25

 

tvayi mayi chaanyatraiko vishhnuh

vyartham kupyasi mayyasahishhnuh

bhava samachittah sarvatra tvam

vaajnchhasyachiraadyadi vishhnutvam

 

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.

 

TEXT 26

 

shatrau mitre putre bandhau

maa kuru yatnam vigrahasandhau

sarvasminnapi pashyaatmaanam

sarvatrotsrija bhedaagyaanam

 

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.

 

TEXT 28

 

geyam giitaa naama sahasram

dhyeyam shriipati ruupamajasram

neyam sajjana sange chittam

deyam diinajanaaya cha vittam

 

Regularly recite from the 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.

 

TEXT 34

 

bhajagovindam bhajagovindam

govindam bhajamuudhamate

naamasmaranaadanyamupaayam

nahi pashyaamo bhavatarane

 

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.

 

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These shlokas from Shankaracharya's Bhaja Govindam are simple. They

tell us all we need to know in life. Shri Ramakrishna was not a

pandit, but his devotion attracted the best of India! A devotee

spreads the Lord's message throughout the land. Shri Ramakrishna

would weep at the mere thought of Mother. He was infused with Bhakti,

and at the same time had the most acute Jnana. Through his devotion

in selfless states he was the wisest of men. Pandits even went to

learn from him. This is the great message... to focus on the Lord

within yourself, within other's hearts leads to Jnana. What comes

first, Jnana or Bhakti? Which reigns more supreme? Maybe these

questions don't have answers. Maybe they shouldn't have answers. To

each his own. Some sadhus contemplate silently in a the Himalayas.

Some devotees sing the name of the Lord and see the Lord everywhere.

We must remember the Lord in all thought.

 

Om Shanti,

Shishya