Bhaja Govindam was written by Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya. Bhaja govindam is one of the minor compositions of the spiritual giant, Adi Shankaracharya. It is classified as a prakarana grantha, a primer to the major works. It contains the essence of Vedanta and implores the man to think ...,
Why am I here in this life ? Why am I amassing wealth, family, but have no peace ? What is the Truth ? What is the purpose of life ? The person thus awakened gets set on a path to the inner road back to the God principle. The background of Bhaja Govindam is worth examining. During his stay in Kashi, Adi Shankaracharya noticed a very old man studying the rules of Sanskrit by Panini. Shankara was touched with pity at seeing the plight of the old man spending his years at a mere intellectual accomplishment while he would be better off praying and spending time to control his mind. Shankara understood that the majority of the world was also engaged in mere intellectual, sense pleasures and not in the divine contemplation. Seeing this, he burst forth with the verses of Bhaja govindam. In 31 verses, he, like no other, explains our fallacies, our wrong outlook for life, and dispels our ignorance and delusions. Thus Bhaja govindam was originally known as "moha mudgara", the remover of delusions. Shankara explains, nay chides, us for spending our time in useless trivia like amassing wealth, lusting after (wo)men and requests us to discriminate and cultivate the knowledge to learn the difference between the real and the unreal. To emphasize that, he concludes that all knowledge other than the Self-Knowledge is useless, Shankara makes the person realize how foolish he/she is in the conduct and behavior by these verses, and shows the purpose of our worldly existence. Bhaja govindam is divided into dvAdasha manjarikA stotram and chaturdasha manjarika stotram. At the end of composing the first stanza, it is said that Shankara burst forth with the next 11 stanzas of bhaja govindam. Thus stanzas 1-12 are called dvAdash manjarika stotram. Inspired by the extempore recital by Shankara, each of his 14 disciples composed a verse and the 14 verse compendium is called chaturdasha manjarika stotram. Shankara added the finishing touches by adding five of his own stanzas at the last bringing the total to 31- The last two verses in this version is not found in all editions. Bhaja govindam has been set to musical tones and sung as prayer songs by children. It is divided into dvAdashapanjarikA and charpaTapanjarikA for this purpose. The former is a set of verses (verses 1-12a) while the rest of the verses form charpaTapanjarikA. Anyone who listens to the music of Bhaja govindam is attracted to it. However, the significance of the text goes much deeper and contains a well defined philosophy of attaining salvation. Shankara's words seem to be quite piercing and seem to lack the softness and tenderness often found in his other texts, thus addressing directly. The reason is that this was an extempore recital to an old man. His words can be compared to a knife of a surgeon. The surgeon's knife cruelly removes the tumor with much pain, but removing the tumor ultimately restores good health in the patient. So are Shankara's words, which pierce and point out our ignorance. It is a knife into the heart of worldliness, and by removing this tumor of ignorance, we can attain everlasting bliss with the grace of Bhajagovindam. |
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भजगोविन्दं भजगोविन्दं गोविन्दं भजमूढमते । सम्प्राप्ते सन्निहिते काले नहि नहि रक्षति डुकृङ्करणे ॥ bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate | samprāpte sannihite kāle nahi nahi rakṣati ḍukriṅkaraṇe || |
॥ १॥
भज = worship; गोविन्दं = Govinda; मूढमते = O, foolish mind!; सम्प्राप्ते = ( when you have) reached/obtained; सन्निहिते = (in the) presence/nearness of; काले = Time (here:Lord of Death, Yama); नहि = No; never; रक्षति = protects; डुकृङ्करणे = the grammatical formula DukRi.nkaraNe; |
॥ २॥
मूढ जहीहि धनागमतृष्णां कुरु सद्बुद्धिं मनसि वितृष्णाम् । यल्लभसे निजकर्मोपात्तं वित्तं तेन विनोदय चित्तम् ॥ mūḍha jahīhi dhanāgamatṛṣṇāṃ
kuru sadbuddhim manasi vitṛṣṇām | yallabhase nija karmopāttaṃ vittaṃ tena vinodaya cittam || |
मूढ = Oh fool!; जहीहि = jahi+iha, leave/give up+here(in this world); धन = wealth; अगम = coming/arrival; तृष्णां = thirst/desire; कुरु = Do;act; सद्बुद्धिं = sat+buddhiM, good+awareness (loosely speaking:mind); मनसि = in the mind; वितृष्णां = desirelessness; यल्लभसे = yat+labhase, whatever+(you)obtain; निजकर्म = nija+karma, one's+duty(normal work); उपात्त = obtained; वित्तं = wealth; तेन = by that; with that; विनोदय = divert/recreate(be happy); चित्तं = mind; |
॥ ३॥
नारीस्तनभर नाभीदेशं दृष्ट्वा मागामोहावेशम् । एतन्मांसवसादि विकारं मनसि विचिन्तय वारं वारम् ॥ nārī stanabhara nābhīdeśaṃ
dṛṣṭvā mā gā mohāveśam | etanmāṃsa vasādi vikāraṃ manasi vicintayā vāraṃ vāram || |
नारी = woman; स्तनभर = breasts that are(full-with milk); नाभीदेशं = nAbhI+deshaM, navel+region/country; दृष्ट्वा = having seen; मागा = mA+gA, Don't+go; मोहावेशं = infatuated state(moha+AveshaM-seizure); एतन् = this; मांसवसादि = flesh+etc; विकारं = appearance (generally, grotesque/ugly); मनसि = in the mind; विचिन्तय = think well; वारं = again; वारं = and again; |
॥ ४॥
नलिनीदलगत जलमतितरलं तद्वज्जीवितमतिशयचपलम् । विद्धि व्याध्यभिमानग्रस्तं लोकं शोकहतं च समस्तम् ॥ naḷinī daḷagata jalamati taraḷaṃ
tadvajjīvita matiśaya capalam | viddhi vyādhyabhimāna grastaṃ lokaṃ śokahataṃ ca samastam || |
नलिनीदलगत = nalinI+dala+gata, lotus+petal+reached/gone; जल = water(drop); अतितरलं = ati+tarala, very+unstable; तद्वत् = like that; जीवित = life; अतिशय = wonderful; चपलं = fickle-minded; विद्धि = know for sure; व्याधि = disease; अभिमान = self-importance; ग्रस्तं = having been caught/seized; लोकं = world;people; शोकहतं = attacked(hata) by grief(shoka); च = and; समस्तं = entire; ॥ ४॥ |
॥ ५॥
यावद्वित्तोपार्जन सक्त- स्तावन्निज परिवारो रक्तः । पश्चाज्जीवति जर्जर देहे वार्तां कोऽपि न पृच्छति गेहे ॥ yāvad-vittopārjana saktaḥ
tāvan-nijaparivāro raktaḥ | paścājjīvati jarjara dehe vārtāṃ koஉpi na pṛcchati gehe || |
यावत् = so long as; वित्त = wealth; उपार्जन = earning/acquiring; सक्तः = capable of; तावन्निज = tAvat+nija, till then+one's; परिवारः = family; रक्तः = attached; पश्चात् = later; जीवति = while living(without earning); जर्जर = old/digested (by disease etc); देहे = in the body; वार्तां = word (here enquiry/inquiry); कोऽपि = kaH+api, whosoever; even one; न = not; पृच्छति = inquires/asks/minds; गेहे = in the house; |
॥ ६॥
यावत्पवनो निवसति देहे तावत्पृच्छति कुशलं गेहे । गतवति वायौ देहापाये भार्या बिभ्यति तस्मिन्काये ॥ yāvat-pavano nivasati dehe
tāvat-pṛcchati kuśalaṃ gehe | gatavati vāyau dehāpāye bhāryā bibhyati tasmin kāye || |
यावत् = so long as; पवनः = air/breath; निवसति = lives/dwells; देहे = in the body; तावत् = till then; पृच्छति = asks/inquires; कुशलं = welfare; गेहे = in the house; गतवति = while gone; वायौ = air(life-breath); देहापाये = when life departs the body; भार्या = wife; बिभ्यति = is afraid;fears; तस्मिन्काये = tasmin+kaye, in that body; |
॥ ७॥
बालस्तावत्क्रीडासक्तः तरुणस्तावत्तरुणीसक्तः । वृद्धस्तावच्चिन्तासक्तः परमे ब्रह्मणि कोऽपि न सक्तः ॥ bāla stāvat krīḍāsaktaḥ
taruṇa stāvat taruṇīsaktaḥ | vṛddha stāvat-cintāmagnaḥ parame brahmaṇi koஉpi na lagnaḥ || |
बालः = young boy; तावत् = till then (till he is young); क्रीडा = play; सक्तः = attached/engrossed/absorbed; तरुणः = young man; तावत् = till then; तरुणी = young woman; सक्तः = attached/engrossed; वृद्धः = old man; तावत् = till then; चिन्ता = worry; सक्तः = attached/engrossed/absorbed; परमे = in the lofty;high;supreme; also pare ब्रह्मणि = Brahman ;God; कोऽपि = whosoever; न = not; सक्तः = attached/absorbed/engrossed; |
॥ ८॥
काते कान्ता कस्ते पुत्रः संसारोऽयमतीव विचित्रः । कस्य त्वं कः कुत आयातः तत्त्वं चिन्तय तदिह भ्रातः ॥ kā te kāntā kaste putraḥ
saṃsāroஉyamatīva vicitraḥ | kasya tvaṃ vā kuta āyātaḥ tatvaṃ cintaya tadiha bhrātaḥ || |
काते = kA+te, who+your; कान्ता = wife; कस्ते = kaH+te, who+your; पुत्रः = son; संसारः = world/family; अयं = this; अतीव = great/big/very much; विचित्रः = wonderful/mysterious; कस्य = whose; त्वं = you; कः = who; कुतः = from where; आयातः = have come; तत्त्वं = truth/nature; चिन्तय = think well/consider; तदिह = tat+iha, that+here; भ्रातः = brother; |
॥ ९ ॥
सत्सङ्गत्वे निस्सङ्गत्वं निस्सङ्गत्वे निर्मोहत्वम् । निर्मोहत्वे निश्चलतत्त्वं निश्चलतत्त्वे जीवन्मुक्तिः ॥ satsaṅgatve nissaṅgatvaṃ
nissaṅgatve nirmohatvam | nirmohatve niścalatattvaṃ niścalatattve jīvanmuktiḥ || |
सत्सङ्गत्वे = in good company; निस्सङ्गत्वं = aloneness/non-attachment/detachment; निर्मोहत्वं = non-infatuated state/clear-headedness; निश्चलतत्त्वं = tranquillity/imperturbability; जीवन्मुक्तिः = salvation+freedom from bondage of birth; वयसिगते = vayasi+gate, when age has advanced/gone; |
॥ १० ॥
वयसिगते कः कामविकारः शुष्के नीरे कः कासारः । क्षीणेवित्ते कः परिवारः ज्ञाते तत्त्वे कः संसारः ॥ vayasi gate kaḥ kāmavikāraḥ
śuṣke nīre kaḥ kāsāraḥ | kṣīṇe vitte kaḥ parivāraḥ ṅñāte tattve kaḥ saṃsāraḥ || |
कः = who/what use( in the sense of kva?(where)); कामविकारः = sensual/sexual attraction; शुष्के = in the drying up of; नीरे = water; क = what( use) is the; कासारः = lake; क्षीणे = spent-up/weakened state of; वित्ते = wealth; कः = what( use) for; परिवारः = family(is there?); ज्ञाते = in the realised state; तत्त्वे = truth; कः = what (use) is; संसारः = world/family bond; |
॥ ११ ॥
मा कुरु धन जन यौवन गर्वं हरति निमेषात्कालः सर्वम् । मायामयमिदमखिलं हित्वा var बुध्वा ब्रह्मपदं त्वं प्रविश विदित्वा ॥ mā kuru dhanajana yauvana garvaṃ
harati nimeṣāt-kālaḥ sarvam | māyāmayamidam-akhilaṃ hitvā brahmapadaṃ tvaṃ praviśa viditvā || |
मा = do not; कुरु = do/act; धन = wealth; जन = people; यौवन = youth; गर्वं = arrogance/haughtiness; हरति = takes away/steals away; निमेषात् = in the twinkling of the eye; कालः = Master Time; सर्वं = all; माया = delusion; मयं = full of/completely filled; इदं = this; अखिलं = whole/entire; हित्वा = having given up/abandoned; ब्रह्मपदं = the state/position of Brahma/god-realised state; त्वं = you; प्रविश = enter; विदित्वा = having known/realised; |
॥ १२ ॥
दिनयामिन्यौ सायं प्रातः शिशिरवसन्तौ पुनरायातः । कालः क्रीडति गच्छत्यायुः तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशावायुः ॥ dina yāminyau sāyaṃ prātaḥ
śiśira vasantau punarāyātaḥ | kālaḥ krīḍati gacchatyāyuḥ tadapi na muñcatyāśāvāyuḥ || |
दिनयामिन्यौ = dina+yAminI, day + night; सायं = evening; प्रातः = morning; शिशिर = frosty season; वसन्तौ = (and) Spring season; पुनः = again; आयातः = have arrived; कालः = Master Time; क्रीडति = plays; गच्छति = goes (away); आयुः = life/age; तदपि = tat+api, then even; न = not; मुञ्चति = releases; आशा = desire; वायुः = air (the wind of desire does not let off its hold); |
॥ १२अ ॥
द्वादशमञ्जरिकाभिरशेषः कथितो वैयाकरणस्यैषः । उपदेशो भूद्विद्यानिपुणैः श्रीमच्छन्करभगवच्छरणैः ॥ dvādaśa mañjarikābhira śeṣaḥ
kathito vaiyā karaṇasyaiṣaḥ | upadeśo bhūd-vidyā nipuṇaiḥ śrīmacchaṅkara bhagavaccharaṇaiḥ || |
द्वादशमञ्जरिकाभिः = by the bouquet consisting of 12 flowers (12; shlokas above) अशेष = without remainder/totally; कथित = was told; वैयाकरणस्यैषः = to the grammarian+this; उपदेशः = advice; भूद् = was; विद्यनिपुणै = by the ace scholar Shankara (Plural is used for reverence); श्रीमच्छन्करभगवत्+चरणैः = by the Shankaracharya who is known; as shankarabhagavat +charaNAH or pAdAH (plural for reverence) |
॥ १३ ॥
काते कान्ता धन गतचिन्ता वातुल किं तव नास्ति नियन्ता । त्रिजगति सज्जनसं गतिरैका भवति भवार्णवतरणे नौका ॥ kā te kāntā dhana gata cintā
vātula kiṃ tava nāsti niyantā | trijagati sajjana saṅgatirekā bhavati bhavārṇava taraṇe naukā || |
काते = kA+te, who+your; कान्ता = wife; धन = wealth; गतचिन्ता = thinking of; वातुल = ; कि = ; तव = your; नास्ति = na+asti, not there; नियन्ता = controller; त्रिजगति = in the three worlds; सज्जन = good people; संगतिरैका = sa.ngatiH+ekA, company+(only) one (way); भवति = becomes; भवार्णव = bhava+arNava, birth and death+ocean; तरणे = in crossing; नौका = boat/ship; |
॥ १४ ॥
जटिलो मुण्डी लुञ्छितकेशः काषायाम्बरबहुकृतवेषः । पश्यन्नपि चन पश्यति मूढः उदरनिमित्तं बहुकृतवेषः ॥ jaṭilo muṇḍī luñjita keśaḥ
kāṣāyānbara bahukṛta veṣaḥ | paśyannapi ca na paśyati mūḍhaḥ udara nimittaṃ bahukṛta veṣaḥ || |
जटिलः = with knotted hair; मुण्डी = shaven head; लुञ्छितकेश = hair cut here and there; काषाय = saffron cloth; अम्बर = cloth/sky; बहुकृत = variously done/made-up; वेषः = make-ups/garbs/roles; पश्यन्नपि = even after seeing; चन = cha(?)+na, and +not; पश्यति = sees; मूढः = the fool; उदरनिमित्तं = for the sake of the belly/living; बहुकृतवेषः = various make-ups/roles; |
॥ १५ ॥
अङ्गं गलितं पलितं मुण्डं दशनविहीनं जातं तुण्डम् । वृद्धो याति गृहीत्वा दण्डं तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशापिण्डम् ॥ aṅgaṃ galitaṃ palitaṃ muṇḍaṃ
daśana vihīnaṃ jātaṃ tuṇḍam | vṛddho yāti gṛhītvā daṇḍaṃ tadapi na muñcatyāśā piṇḍam || |
अङ्गं = limb(s); गलितं = weakened; पलितं = ripened(grey); मुण्डं = head; दशनविहीनं = dashana+vihInaM, teeth+bereft; जातं = having become; तुण्डं = jaws/mouth?; वृद्धः = the old man; याति = goes; गृहीत्वा = holding the; दण्डं = stick(walking); तदपि = then even; न = not; मुञ्चति = lets go/releases/gives up; आशापिण्डं = AshA+pindaM, desire+lump(piNDaM also means rice-ball given; as oblation for the dead) |
॥ १६ ॥
अग्रे वह्निः पृष्ठेभानुः रात्रौ चुबुकसमर्पितजानुः । करतलभिक्षस्तरुतलवासः तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशापाशः ॥ agre vahniḥ pṛṣṭhe bhānuḥ
rātrau cubuka samarpita jānuḥ | karatala bhikṣas-tarutala vāsaḥ tadapi na muñcatyāśā pāśaḥ || |
अग्रे = in front of/ahead/beforehand; वह्निः = fire ( for worship); पृष्ठेभानुः = pRiShThe+bhAnuH, behind+sun; रात्रौ = in the night; चुबुकसमर्पितजानु = face dedicated to(huddled up between) the knees; करतलभिक्षा = alms in the palms; तरुतलवासं = living under the trees; तदपि = then even; न = not; मुञ्चति = releases/lets go; आशा = desire; पाशं = rope/ties; |
॥ १७ ॥
कुरुते गङ्गासागरगमनं व्रतपरिपालनमथवा दानम् । ज्ञानविहीनः सर्वमतेन मुक्तिं न भजति जन्मशतेन ॥ kurute gaṅgā sāgara gamanaṃ
vrata paripālanam-athavā dānam | ṅñāna vihīnaḥ sarvamatena bhajati na muktiṃ janma śatena || |
कुरुते = one takes resort to; गङ्गासागर = the sea of Ganga (banks of the Ganges); गमनं = going; व्रत = austerities; परिपालनं = observance/governance; अथवा = or/else; दानं = charity; ज्ञानविहीनः = (but)bereft of knowledge of the Self; सर्वमतेन = according to all schools of thought/unanimously; मुक्तिं = salvation/freedom; न = not; भजति = attains; जन्म = birth(s); शतेन = hundred; |
॥ १८ ॥
सुर मंदिर तरु मूल निवासः शय्या भूतल मजिनं वासः । सर्व परिग्रह भोग त्यागः कस्य सुखं न करोति विरागः ॥ suramandira taru mūla nivāsaḥ
śayyā bhūtalam-ajinaṃ vāsaḥ | sarva parigraha bhogatyāgaḥ kasya sukhaṃ na karoti virāgaḥ || |
सुर = gods; मंदिर = temple; तरु = tree; मूल = root; निवासः = living; शय्या = bed; भूतल = on the surface of the earth; मजिन = deer skin?; वासः = living; सर्व = all; परिग्रह = attachment; भोग = enjoyable things/worldly pleasures; त्याग = sacrificing/abandonment; कस्य = whose; सुखं = happiness; न = not; करोति = does; विरागः = Non-attachment/desirelessness; |
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योगरतो वाभोगरतोवा सङ्गरतो वा सङ्गविहीनः । यस्य ब्रह्मणि रमते चित्तं नन्दति नन्दति नन्दत्येव ॥ yogarato vā bhogarato vā
saṅgarato vā saṅgavihīnaḥ | yasya brahmaṇi ramate cittaṃ nandati nandati nandatyeva || |
योगरतः = indulging in yoga; वा = or; भोगरतः = indulging in worldly pleasures; वा = or; सङ्गरतः = indulging in good company; वा = or; सङ्गविहीनः = bereft of company; यस्य = whose; ब्रह्मणि = in Brahman(God); रमते = delights; चित्तं = mind (here soul); नन्दति = revels; नन्दत्येव = nandati+eva, revels alone/revels indeed; |
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भगवद् गीता किञ्चिदधीता गङ्गा जललव कणिकापीता । सकृदपि येन मुरारि समर्चा क्रियते तस्य यमेन न चर्चा ॥ bhagavadgītā kiñcidadhītā
gaṅgā jalalava kaṇikā pītā | sakṛdapi yena murārī samarcā kriyate tasya yamena na carcā || |
भगवद् = god's; गीता = song (here the scripture `bhagavatgItA'); किञ्चित् = a little; अधीता = studied; गङ्गा = river Ganga; जललव = water drop; कणिकापीता = a little droplet, drunk; सकृदपि = once even; येन = by whom; मुरारि = the enemy of `MurA' (Lord Krishna); समर्चा = well worshipped; क्रियते = is done; तस्य = his; यमेन = by Yama, the lord of Death; न = not; चर्चा = discussion; |
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पुनरपि जननं पुनरपि मरणं पुनरपि जननी जठरे शयनम् । इह संसारे बहुदुस्तारे कृपयाऽपारे पाहि मुरारे ॥ punarapi jananaṃ punarapi maraṇaṃ
punarapi jananī jaṭhare śayanam | iha saṃsāre bahu dustāre kṛpayāஉpāre pāhi murāre || |
पुनरपि = punaH+api, again again;
जननं = birth; पुनरपि = again again; मरणं = death; पुनरपि = again again; जननी = mother; जठरे = in the stomach; शयनं = sleep; इह = in this world/here; संसारे = family/world; बहुदुस्तारे = fordable with great difficulty; कृपयाऽपारे = out of boundless compassion; पाहि = protect; मुरारे = Oh MurA's enemy!(KriShNa); |
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रथ्या चर्पट विरचित कन्थः पुण्यापुण्य विवर्जित पन्थः । योगी योगनियोजित चित्तो रमते बालोन्मत्तवदेव ॥ rathyā carpaṭa viracita kanthaḥ
puṇyāpuṇya vivarjita panthaḥ | yogī yoga niyojita cittaḥ ramate bālonmattavadeva || |
रथ्या = from roadside; चर्पट = torn/tattered cloth; विरचित = created; कन्थः = throated man; पुण्यापुण्य = virtues sins; विवर्जित = without/ having abandoned; पन्थः = wayfarer?; योगी = the man seeking union with god; योगनियोजित = controlled by yoga; चित्तः = mind; रमते = delights; बालोन्मत्तवदेव = like a child who has gone mad; |
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कस्त्वं कोऽहं कुत आयातः का मे जननी को मे तातः । इति परिभावय सर्वमसारम् विश्वं त्यक्त्वा स्वप्न विचारम् ॥ kastvaṃ koஉhaṃ kuta āyātaḥ
kā me jananī ko me tātaḥ | iti paribhāvaya nija saṃsāraṃ sarvaṃ tyaktvā svapna vicāram || |
कः = who (are); त्वं = you; कः = who(am); अहं = I; कुतः = whence; आयातः = has come; का = who; मे = my; जननी = mother; कः = who; मे = my; तातः = father; इति = thus; परिभावय = deem well/visualise; सर्वं = the entire; असारं = worthless/without essence; विश्वं = world; त्यक्त्वा = having abandoned/sacrificed; स्वप्न = dream; विचारं = consideration/thinking; |
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त्वयि मयि चान्यत्रैको विष्णुः व्यर्थं कुप्यसि मय्यसहिष्णुः । भव समचित्तः सर्वत्र त्वं वाञ्छस्यचिराद्यदि विष्णुत्वम् ॥ tvayi mayi sarvatraiko viṣṇuḥ
vyarthaṃ kupyasi mayyasahiṣṇuḥ | bhava samacittaḥ sarvatra tvaṃ vāñchasyacirād-yadi viṣṇutvam || |
त्वयि = in yourself; मयि = in myself; चान्यत्रैक = cha+anyatra+ekaH, and+in any other place+only one; विष्णुः = the Lord MahAviShNu; व्यर्थ = in vain ; for nothing;purposeless; कुप्यसि = you get angry; मय्यसहिष्णु = mayi+asahiShNuH, in me+intolerant; भव = become; समचित्तः = equal-minded/equanimity; सर्वत्र = everywhere; त्वं = you; वाञ्छसि = you desire; अचिराद् = without delay/in no time; यदि = if; विष्णुत्वं = the quality/state of Brahman/god-realisation; |
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शत्रौ मित्रे पुत्रे बन्धौ मा कुरु यत्नं विग्रहसन्धौ । सर्वस्मिन्नपि पश्यात्मानं सर्वत्रोत्सृज भेदाज्ञानम् ॥ śatrau mitre putre bandhau
mā kuru yatnaṃ vigraha sandhau | sarvasminnapi paśyātmānaṃ sarvatrot-sṛja bhedāṅñānam || |
शत्रौ = in (towards)the enemy; मित्रे = in (towards) the friend; पुत्रे = in(towards) the son; बन्धौ = in (towards) relatives; मा = don't; कुरु = do; यत्नं = effort; विग्रहसन्धौ = for war(dissension) or peace-making; सर्वस्मिन्नपि = in all beings; पश्यात्मानं = see your own self; सर्वत्र = everywhere; उत्सृज = give up; भेदाज्ञानं = difference/otherness/duality; |
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कामं क्रोधं लोभं मोहं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मानं भावय कोऽहम्। var पश्यति सोऽहम् आत्मज्ञान विहीना मूढाः ते पच्यन्ते नरकनिगूढाः ॥ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ lobhaṃ mohaṃ
tyaktvāஉஉtmānaṃ paśyati soஉham | ātmaṅñnāna vihīnā mūḍhāḥ te pacyante naraka nigūḍhāḥ || |
कामं = desire; क्रोधं = anger; लोभं = greed; मोहं = infatuation; त्यक्त्वाऽत्मानं = having abandoned see as one's own self; भावय = deem/consider/visualise/imagine; कोऽहं = who am I; आत्मज्ञान = knowledge of self; विहीना = bereft; मूढा = fools; ते = they; पच्यन्ते = are cooked?; नरक = in the hell; निगूढा = cast in; |
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गेयं गीता नाम सहस्रं ध्येयं श्रीपति रूपमजस्रम् । नेयं सज्जन सङ्गे चित्तं देयं दीनजनाय च वित्तम् ॥ geyaṃ gītā nāma sahasraṃ
dhyeyaṃ śrīpati rūpam-ajasram | neyaṃ sajjana saṅge cittaṃ deyaṃ dīnajanāya ca vittam || |
गेयं = is to be sung; गीता = bhagavatgItA; नाम = name of the lord; सहस्रं = 1000 times; ध्येयं = is to be meditated; श्रीपति = LakShmi's consort MahAviShNu's; रूपं = form/image; अजस्रं = the unborn one; नेयं = is to be lead/taken; सज्जन = good people; सङ्गे = in the company; चित्तं = mind; देयं = is to be given; दीनजनाय = to the poor (humble state) people; च = and; वित्तं = wealth; |
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सुखतः क्रियते रामाभोगः पश्चाद्धन्त शरीरे रोगः । यद्यपि लोके मरणं शरणं तदपि न मुञ्चति पापाचरणम् ॥ sukhataḥ kriyate rāmābhogaḥ
paścāddhanta śarīre rogaḥ | yadyapi loke maraṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ tadapi na muñcati pāpācaraṇam || |
सुखतः = for happiness; क्रियते = is done; रामाभोग = sexual pleasures?; पश्चाद्धन्त = later on in the end; शरीरे = in the body; रोग = disease; यद्यपि = even though; लोके = in the world; मरण = death; शरणं = resort/surrender; तदपि = even then; न = not; मुञ्चति = releases/gives up; पापाचरणं = pApa+AcharaNa, sin-practising; |
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अर्थमनर्थं भावय नित्यं नास्तिततः सुखलेशः सत्यम् । पुत्रादपि धन भाजां भीतिः सर्वत्रैषा विहिता रीतिः ॥ arthamanarthaṃ bhāvaya nityaṃ
nāsti tataḥ sukha leśaḥ satyam | putrādapi dhanabhājāṃ bhītiḥ sarvatraiṣā vihitā rītiḥ || |
अर्थं = wealth; अनर्थं = purposeless/in vain/danger-productive; भावय = deem/consider/visualise; नित्यं = daily/always; न = not; अस्ति = is; ततः = from that; सुखलेशः = (even a little) happiness; सत्यं = Truth; पुत्रादपि = even from the the son; धन = wealth; भाजां = acquiring people; भीतिः = fear; सर्वत्र = everywhere; एषा = this; विहिता = understood; रीतिः = procedure/practice/custom; |
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प्राणायामं प्रत्याहारं नित्यानित्य विवेकविचारम् । जाप्यसमेत समाधिविधानं कुर्ववधानं महदवधानम् ॥ prāṇāyāmaṃ pratyāhāraṃ
nityānitya viveka vicāram | jāpyasameta samādhi vidhānaṃ kurva vadhānaṃ mahad-avadhānam || |
प्राणायाम = breath-control; प्रत्याहार = diet-control; नित्यं = always/daily/certain; अनित्य = uncertain/temporary/ ephemeral/transient; विवेक = awareness after reasoning; विचार = thought/considered conclusion/ opinion; जाप्यसमेत = with chanting of the names of the lord; समाधिविधान = in the state of trance; कुर्ववधानं = pay attention; महदवधानं = great care attention; |
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गुरुचरणाम्बुज निर्भर भक्तः संसारादचिराद्भव मुक्तः । सेन्द्रियमानस नियमादेवं द्रक्ष्यसि निज हृदयस्थं देवम् ॥ guru caraṇāmbhuja nirbharabhaktaḥ
saṃsārād-acirād-bhava muktaḥ | sendiya mānasa niyamādevaṃ drakṣyasi nija hṛdayasthaṃ devam || |
गुरुचरणाम्बुज = the lotus feet of the teacher/guru; निर्भर = dependent; भक्तः = devotee; संसारात् = from the world; अचिराद्भव = in no time from the cycle of birth and death; मुक्तः = released; सेन्द्रियमानस = sa+indriya+mAnasa, with senses and mind; नियमादेव = control alone(niyamAt eva); द्रक्ष्यसि = you will see; निज = one's own; हृदयस्थं = heart-stationed; देवं = God; |
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मूढः कश्चन वैयाकरणो डुकृङ्करणाध्ययन धुरिणः । श्रीमच्छम्कर भगवच्छिष्यै बोधित आसिच्छोधितकरणः ॥ mūḍhaḥ kaścina vaiyākaraṇo
ḍukṛṇkaraṇādhyayana dhurīṇaḥ | śrīmacchaṅkara bhagavacciṣyaiḥ bodhita āsīcchodita karaṇaiḥ || |
मूढ = fool; कश्चन = certain; वैयाकरण = Grammar; डुकृङ्करण = grammatical formula DukRi.nkaraNa; अध्ययन = study; धुरिण = awakened/aroused?; श्रीमत् = honourable prefix; शंकर = Shankara; भगवत् = God; शिष्यैः = disciples; बोधित = having been taught/enlightened; आसित् = was/existed; चोधितकरण = tested or awakened senses; |