Bhaja Govindam Lyrics +Meaning as per M.S.

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Artist: Subbulakshmi M S Ragam: Raagamaalika Composer: Adi Shankarar
Raagam: Raagamaalika TaaLam: aadi Composer: Shankaraacaarya Language: Sanskrit pallavi
AS PER M.S.S Rhythmic Singing ( Se !ence is "#$ as per A%& SA"'ARAR .. (((()

1 bhajagovindaM bhajagovindaM govindaM bhajamuu hamate ! saMpraapte sannihite kaale nahi nahi rakshati ukR"i#$kara$e
*. Pa++avi, -orship Govinda. -orship Govinda. -orship Govinda. #h /oo+ ( R!+es o/ Grammar 0i++ not save yo! at the time o/ yo!r death.

% m& ha jahiihi dhanaagamatR"ishh$aaM kuru sadbuddhiM manasi vitR"ishh$aam!h ! yallabhase nijakarmopaattaM vittaM tena vinodaya chittam!h
%: 'h (ool ) *ive up your thrist to amass +ealth, devote your mind to thoughts to the Real! -e content +ith +hat comes through actions already per(ormed in the past!

. yaavadvittopaarjana sakta/ staavannija parivaaro rakta/ ! pashchaajjiivati jarjara dehe vaartaaM ko!api na pR"ichchhati gehe
.: So long as a man is (it and able to support his (amily, see the a((ection all those around him sho+! -ut no one at home cares to even have a +ord +ith him +hen his body totters due to old age!

0 maa kuru dhana jana yauvana garvaM harati nimeshhaatkaala/ sarvam!h ! maayaamayamidamakhilaM hitvaa brahmapadaM tvaM pravisha viditvaa
0! o not boast o( +ealth, (riends, and youth! 1ach one o( these are destroyed +ithin a minute! 2ree yoursel( (rom the illusion o( the +orld o( Maya and attain the timeless Truth!

3 sura ma!ndira taru muula nivaasa/ shayyaa bhuutala majinaM vaasa/ ! sarva parigraha bhoga tyaaga/ kasya sukhaM na karoti viraaga/
3! Take your residence in a temple or belo+ a tree, +ear the deerskin (or the dress, and sleep +ith mother earth as your bed! *ive up all attachments and renounce all com(orts! -lessed +ith such vairagya, could any (ail to be content 4 5Stan6a attributed to $ityananda!7

8 bhagavad!h giitaa ki#$chidadhiitaa ga$gaa jalalava ka$ikaapiitaa ! sakRidapi yena muraari samarchaa kriyate tasya yamena na charchaa
8: Let a man read but a little (rom giitaa, drink just a drop o( +ater (rom the ganges, +orship murari 5govinda7 just once! /e then +ill have no altercation +ith 9ama! 5Stan6a attributed to dR"i habhakta!7

: punarapi jananaM punarapi mara$aM punarapi jananii jaThare shayanam!h ! iha saMsaare bahudustaare kRipayaa!apaare paahi muraare
:: -orn again, death again, birth again to stay in the mother;s +omb ) <t is indeed hard to cross this boundless ocean o( samsara! 'h Murari ) Redeem me through Thy mercy! 5Stan6a attributed to $ityanatha!7

= geyaM giitaa naama sahasraM dhyeyaM shriipati ruupamajasram!h ! neyaM sajjana sa$ge chittaM deyaM diinajanaaya cha vittam!h
=: Regularly recite (rom the *ita, meditate on >ishnu ?thro; >ishnu sahasranama@ in your heart,

and chant /is thousand glories! Take delight to be +ith the noble and the holy! istribute your +ealth in charity to the poor and the needy! 5Stan6a attributed to Sumatira!7

A arthamanarthaM bhaavaya nityaM naastitata/ sukhalesha/ satyam!h ! putraadapi dhana bhaajaaM bhiiti/ sarvatraishhaa vihiaa riiti/
A: Bealth is not +el(are, truly there is no joy in it! Re(lect thus at all times! A rich man (ears even his o+n son! This is the +ay o( +ealth every+here!

1C guruchara$aambuja nirbhara bhakata/ saMsaaraadachiraadbhava mukta/ ! sendriyamaanasa niyamaadevaM drakshyasi nija hRidayasthaM devam!h
1C: 'h devotee o( the lotus (eet o( the *uru ) May thou be soon (ree (rom Samsara! Through disciplined senses and controlled mind, thou shalt come to eDperience the <nd+elling Lord o( your heart ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------bhajagovindam bhajagovindam govindam bhaja muudhamate 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. T !T " mudha jahiihi dhanaagamatrishhnaam kuru sadbuddhim manasi vitrishhnaam yallabhase nijakarmopaattam vittam tena vinodaya #hittam Oh fool! Give up your thirst to amass wealth, devote your mind to thoughts to the Real. $e #ontent with what #omes through a#tions already performed in the past. T !T % naariistanabhara naabhiidesham drishhtvaa maagaamohaavesham etanmaamsaavasaadi vikaaram manasi vi#hintaya vaaram vaaram &o not get drowned in delusion by going wild with passions and lust by seeing a woman's navel and #hest. $odies are flesh, fat and blood. &o not fail to remember this again and again in your mind. Wikisour#e has original te(t related to this arti#le) $haja Govindam

T !T * naliniidalagata jalamatitaralam tadvajjiivitamatishaya#hapalam viddhi vyaadhyabhimaanagrastam lokam shokahatam #ha samastam +n#ertain is the life of man as rain drops on a lotus leaf. ,now that the whole world remains a prey to disease, ego and grief. T !T yaavadvittopaarjana saktah staavannija parivaaro raktah pash#haajjiivati jarjara dehe vaartaam koapi na pri#h#hhati gehe .o long as a man is fit and able to support his family, see the affe#tion all those around him show. $ut no one at home #ares to even have a word with him when his body totters due to old age. T !T / yaavatpavano nivasati dehe taavatpri#h#hhati kushalam gehe gatavati vaayau dehaapaaye bhaaryaa bibhyati tasminkaaye When one is alive, his family members en0uire kindly about his welfare. $ut when the soul departs from the body, even his wife runs away in fear of the #orpse. T !T 1 baalastaavatkriidaasaktah tarunastaavattaruniisaktah vriddhastaava#h#hintaasaktah pare brahmani koapi na saktah 2hildhood is lost in play. 3outh is lost by atta#hment to woman. Old age passes away by thinking over many past things. 4las! hardly is there anyone who yearns to be lost in 5arabrahman. T !T 6 kaate kaantaa kaste putrah samsaaro.ayamatiiva vi#hitrah kasya tvam kah kuta aayaatah tattvam #hintaya tadiha bhraatah Who is your wife7 Who is your son7 .trange is this samsara. Of whom are you7 Where have you #ome from7 $rother, ponder over these truths. T !T 8 satsangatve nissngatvam nissangatve nirmohatvam nirmohatve nish#halatattvam nish#alatattve jiivanmuktih

9rom .atsanga #omes non:atta#hment, from non:atta#hment #omes freedom from delusion, whi#h leads to self:settledness. 9rom self:settledness #omes ;ivan <ukti. T !T => vayasigate kah kaamavikaarah shushhke niire kah kaasaarah kshiinevitte kah parivaarah gyaate tattve kah samsaarah What good is lust when youth has fled7 What use is a lake whi#h has no water7 Where are the relatives when wealth is gone7 Where is samsara when the Truth is known7 T !T == maa kuru dhana jana yauvana garvam harati nimeshhaatkaalah sarvam maayaamayamidamakhila< hitvaa brahmapada< tva< pravisha viditvaa &o not boast of wealth, friends, and youth. a#h one of these are destroyed within a minute. 9ree yourself from the illusion of the world of <aya and attain the timeless Truth. T !T =" dinayaaminyau saayam praatah shishiravasantau punaraayaatah kaalah kriidati ga#h#hhatyaayuh tadapi na mujn#atyaashaavaayuh &aylight and darkness, dusk and dawn, winter and springtime #ome and go. Time plays and life ebbs away. $ut the storm of desire never leaves. T !T =% dvaadashamajnjarikaabhirasheshhah kathito vaiyaakaranasyaishhah upadesho bhuudvidyaanipunaih shriima#h#hhankarabhagava#h#hharanarih This bou0uet of twelve verses was imparted to a grammarian by the all:knowing .hankara, adored as the bhagavadpada. T !T =* kaate kaantaa dhana gata#hintaa vaatula kim tava naasti niyantaa trijagati sajjanasam gatiraikaa bhavati bhavaarnavatarane naukaa Oh mad man! Why this engrossment in thoughts of wealth7 ?s there no one to guide you7 There is only one thing in three worlds that #an save you from the o#ean from samsara. Get into that boat of satsangha 0ui#kly. T !T =-

jatilo mundii lujn#hhitakeshah kaashhaayaambarabahukritaveshhah pashyannapi #ana pashyati muudhah udaranimittam bahukritaveshhah There are many who go with matted lo#ks, many who have #lean shaven heads, many whose hairs have been plu#ked out@ some are #lothed in saffron, yet others in various #olors ::: all just for a livelihood. .eeing truth revealed before them, still the foolish ones see it not. T !T =/ angam galitam palitam mundam dashanavihiinam jatam tundam vriddho yaati grihiitvaa dandam tadapi na mujn#atyaashaapindam .trength has left the old man's body@ his head has be#ome bald, his gums toothless and leaning on #rut#hes. ven then the atta#hment is strong and he #lings firmly to fruitless hope. T !T =1 agre vahnih prishhthebhaanuh raatrau #hubukasamarpitajaanuh karatalabhikshastarutalavaasah tadapi na mujn#atyaashaapaashah $ehold there lies the man who sits warming up his body with the fire in front and the sun at the ba#k@ at night he #urls up the body to keep out of the #old@ he eats his beggar's food from the bowl of his hand and sleeps beneath the tree. .till in his heart, he is a wret#hed puppet at the hands of passions. T !T =6 kurute gangaasaagaragamanam vrataparipaalanamathavaa daanam gyaanavihinah sarvamatena muktim na bhajati janmashatena One may go to the Ganga, observe fasts, and give away ri#hes in #harity! 3et, devoid of jnana, nothing #an give mukthi even at the end of a hundred births. T !T =8 sura mandira taru muula nivaasah shayyaa bhuutala majinam vaasah sarva parigraha bhoga tyaagah kasya sukham na karoti viraagah Take your residen#e in a temple or below a tree, wear the deerskin for the dress, and sleep with mother earth as your bed. Give up all atta#hments and renoun#e all #omforts. $lessed with su#h vairagya, #ould any fail to be #ontent7 T !T "> yogarato vaabhogaratovaa sangarato vaa sangaviihinah yasya brahmani ramate #hittam nandati nandati nandatyeva

One may take delight in yoga or bhoga, may have atta#hment or deta#hment. $ut only he whose mind steadily delights in $rahman enjoys bliss, no one else. T !T "= bhagavad giitaa kijn#hidadhiitaa gangaa jalalava kanikaapiitaa sakridapi yena muraari samar#haa kriyate tasya yamena na #har#haa Aet a man read but a little from the Gita, drink just a drop of water from the Ganga, worship <urari just on#e. Be then will have no alter#ation with 3ama. T !T "" punarapi jananam punarapi maranam punarapi jananii jathare shayanam iha samsaare bahudustaare kripayaa apaare paahi muraare $orn again, death again, birth again to stay in the mother's womb ! ?t is indeed hard to #ross this boundless o#ean of samsara. Oh <urari ! Redeem me through Thy mer#y. T !T "% rathyaa #harpata vira#hita kanthah punyaapunya vivarjita panthah yogii yoganiyojita #hitto ramate baalonmattavadeva There is no shortage of #lothing for a monk so long as there are rags #ast off the road. 9reed from vi#e and virtue, onward he wanders. One who lives in #ommunion with God enjoys bliss, pure and un#ontaminated, like a #hild and as someone into(i#ated. T !T "* kastvam ko.aham kuta aayaatah kaa me jananii ko me taatah iti paribhaavaya sarvamasaaram vishvam tyaktvaa svapna vi#haaram Who are you7 Who am ?7 9rom where do ? #ome7 Who is my mother, who is my father7 5onder thus, look at everything as essen#eless and give up the world as an idle dream. T !T "tvayi mayi #haanyatraiko vishhnuh vyartham kupyasi mayyasahishhnuh bhava sama#hittah sarvatra tvam vaajn#hhasya#hiraadyadi vishhnutvam ?n me, in you and in everything, none but the same Cishnu dwells. 3our anger and impatien#e is meaningless. ?f you wish to attain the 0uality of Cishnu soon, have .ama $haava always. T !T "/

shatrau mitre putre bandhau maa kuru yatnam vigrahasandhau sarvasminnapi pashyaatmaanam sarvatrotsrija bhedaagyaanam &o not waste your efforts to win the love of or to fight against friend and foe, #hildren and relatives. .ee yourself in everyone and give up all feelings of duality #ompletely. T !T "1 kaamam krodham lobham moham tyaktvaa atmaanam bhaavaya ko aham aatmagyaana vihiinaa muudhaah te pa#hyante narakaniguudhaah Give up lust, anger, infatuation, and greed. 5onder over your real nature. 9ools are they who are blind to the .elf. 2ast into hell they suffer there endlessly. T !T "6 geyam giitaa naama sahasram dhyeyam shriipati ruupamajasram neyam sajjana sange #hittam deyam diinajanaaya #ha vittam Regularly re#ite from the Gita, meditate on Cishnu in your heart, and #hant Bis thousand glories. Take delight to be with the noble and the holy. &istribute your wealth in #harity to the poor and the needy. T !T "8 sukhatah kriyate raamaabhogah pash#haaddhanta shariire rogah yadyapi loke maranam sharanam tadapi na mujn#hati paapaa#haranam Be who yields to lust for pleasure leaves his body a prey to disease. Though death brings an end to everything, man does not gives up the sinful path. T !T %> arthamanartham bhaavaya nityam naastitatah sukhaleshah satyam putraadapi dhana bhaajaam bhiitih sarvatraishhaa vihitaa riitih Wealth is not welfare, truly there is no joy in it. Refle#t thus at all times. 4 ri#h man fears even his own son. This is the way of wealth everywhere. T !T %= praanaayaamam pratyaahaaram nityaanitya vivekavi#haaram jaapyasameta samaadhividhaanam kurvavadhaanam mahadavadhaanam Regulate the pranas, remain unaffe#ted by e(ternal influen#es and dis#riminate between the real and the fleeting. 2hant the holy name of God and silen#e the turbulent mind. 5erform these with #are, with e(treme #are.

T !T %" guru#haranaambuja nirbhara bhakatah samsaaraada#hiraadbhava muktah sendriyamaanasa niyamaadevam drakshyasi nija hridayastham devam Oh devotee of the lotus feet of the Guru! <ay thou be soon free from .amsara. Through dis#iplined senses and #ontrolled mind, thou shalt #ome to e(perien#e the indwelling Aord of your heart! T !T %% muudhah kash#hana vaiyaakarano dukrijnkaranaadhyayana dhurinah shriima#h#hhamkara bhagava#h#hhishhyai bodhita aasi#h#hhodhitakaranah Thus was a silly grammarian lost in rules #leansed of his narrow vision and shown the Aight by .hankara's apostles. T !T %* bhajagovindam bhajagovindam govindam bhajamuudhamate naamasmaranaadanyamupaayam nahi pashyaamo bhavatarane Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda, Oh fool! Other than #hanting the Aord's names, there is no other way to #ross the life's o#ean.