Bhaja govindam part 3 from Gopi Krishna.....

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Continuing with the Bhajagovindam from Gopi Krishna.... part 3

 

Sri Sankaracharya attacks Moha at its roots through this composition, which

was initially known as Moha Mudgara, but later on popularised as Bhaja

Govindam, so as to dispel illusions and delusions and show where the remedy

lies for the misery. In 31 simple, sweet and lucid Slokas, giving easy and

homely analogies and illustrations for easy understanding, Sri Sankaracharya

dissects the human psyche by explaining the fallacy and futility of the

human life, if one does not take shelter under Dharma or Truth or God. It

contains fundamentals of Vedanta, which are taught in simple and musical

verses so that, even from childhood one can grow up amidst the melody of

Advaita. With each sloka He removes the veils of ignorance, dispels Maya,

explains the reasons for illusion and delusion and also prescribes remedy

for the misery. He exhorts each one of us through these slokas to develop

discerning and discriminating faculty, which is dormant in us, due to our

complete surrender to Moha and worldly attractions, in order to distinguish

between the permanent and the transitory, the real and the unreal and to

practice dispassion (or Vairagya). All this is possible only by cultivating

devotion for realising Govinda, the abiding Truth and making a concerted

effort to get released from the bondage of this phenomenal existence.

 

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From Gopi Krishna