Part 10 of Bhaja Govindam ......by Gopi Krishna.

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Sloka 5

 

Yaavadvittopaarjana saktah

Taavannijaparivaaro Raktah

Paschaajeevati Jarjjaradehe

Vaartaam Kopi Na Prichchati Gehe

 

.... Bhaja Govindam, Bhaja Govindam

 

Meaning:

 

 

Yaavath - as long as, Vith - of wealth, Upaarjana - to earn, Saktah - (is

bent upon) has the ability, Taavath - so long, Nija Parivaarah - your

dependents, Raktah - attached (to you), Paschaat - afterwards (later on),

Jeevati - lives (comes to live), Jarjjar - infirm, Dehe - body, Vaartaam -

word, Kopi - anyone, Na - not, Prichchati - cares to speak (asks), Gehe - at

home.

 

Substance:

 

As long as one is fit and able to earn and support one's family, all the

kith and kin and dependents attached are affectionate to him, no sooner one

becomes old and infirm and one's earnings cease, no one cares to enquire of

his well-being even in one's own home.

 

Commentary:

 

Man is essentially selfish and without expecting something in return, he

will not do anything. Even the intimate relationships between persons in a

family are mostly deferential towards the earnings and savings of a person.

Therefore, most of the relationships either in the family or in the society

are dependent on one's ability to earn materialistic pleasures. Only that

person, who is rich and wealthy, earns reverence, respect, power and is

adored by others, as most of the people are under the wrong notion or

delusion that only money can purchase anything and everything. It may be

true in a materialistic sense, but it is rather an obstruction in one's

spiritual progress if one does not realise the truth that the riches are

transitory and may leave one at any time. If money can purchase happiness,

then it is but natural that the absence of it can procure only sorrow.

Wealth does not mean only money, but it also means, power, social status,

physical strength, secular knowledge and many such materialistic qualities.

Human life being what it is, faculties and capacities must necessarily wane

away, since age must sap all physical and intellectual efficiencies.