Bhaja Govindam
Bhaja Govindam is a devotional and philosophical hymn primarily attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya, the 8th-century Advaita philosopher. Tradition holds that it originated in Kāśī (Varanasi), when Śaṅkara, moved by an aged scholar reciting Pāṇini's grammatical rules instead of reflecting on life's impermanence, extemporaneously composed it urging liberation (mokṣa) over empty intellectual pride. Its refrain, 'Worship Govinda, O deluded mind', is regarded as a central teaching. The verses address the transience of youth, wealth, and life, and extol satsaṅga, jñāna, bhakti, and dāna. Śaṅkarācārya is credited with verses 1–13 and 28–31; the rest (14–27) were composed by his disciples and successors.
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भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
सम्प्राप्ते सन्निहिते काले
न हि न हि रक्षति डुकृञ्करणे
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
samprāpte sannihite kāle
na hi na hi rakṣati ḍukṛñkaraṇe
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda, O deluded mind. When the final hour has drawn near, the mere recitation of grammatical rules will not save you.
PURPORT
मूढ जहीहि धनागमतृष्णां
कुरु सद्बुद्धिं मनसि वितृष्णाम्
यल्लभसे निजकर्मोपात्तं
वित्तं तेन विनोदय चित्तम्
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
mūḍha jahīhi dhanāgamatṛṣṇāṃ
kuru sadbuddhiṃ manasi vitṛṣṇām
yallabhase nijakarmopāttaṃ
vittaṃ tena vinodaya cittam
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
O deluded one, abandon the thirst for accumulating wealth. Cultivate right understanding and freedom from craving in the mind. Be content with the wealth obtained through your own rightful work.
PURPORT
नारीस्तनभरनाभीदेशं
दृष्ट्वा मा गा मोहावेशम्
एतन्मांसवसादिविकारं
मनसि विचिन्तय वारं वारम्
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
nārīstanabharanābhīdeśaṃ
dṛṣṭvā mā gā mohāveśam
etanmāṃsavasādivikāraṃ
manasi vicintaya vāraṃ vāram
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
On seeing a woman's breasts and navel, do not fall into deluded infatuation. Reflect again and again that the body is a transformation of flesh, fat, and other material substances.
PURPORT
नलिनीदलगतजलमतितरलं
तद्वज्जीवितमतिशयचपलम्
विद्धि व्याध्यभिमानग्रस्तं
लोकं शोकहतं च समस्तम्
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
nalinīdalagatajalamatitaralaṃ
tadvajjīvitamatiśayacapalam
viddhi vyādhyabhimānagrastaṃ
lokaṃ śokahataṃ ca samastam
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Water on a lotus leaf is extremely unsteady; human life is just as fleeting. Know that the whole world is afflicted by disease and self-conceit and is struck by sorrow.
PURPORT
यावद्वित्तोपार्जनसक्तः
तावन्निजपरिवारो रक्तः
पश्चाज्जीवति जर्जरदेहे
वार्तां कोऽपि न पृच्छति गेहे
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
yāvadvittopārjanasaktaḥ
tāvannijaparivāro raktaḥ
paścājjīvati jarjaradehe
vārtāṃ ko'pi na pṛcchati gehe
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
As long as a person is able to earn wealth, the family remains affectionate toward him. Later, when he lives in a worn-out body, no one in the house may even ask after his welfare.
PURPORT
यावत्पवनो निवसति देहे
तावत्पृच्छति कुशलं गेहे
गतवति वायौ देहापाये
भार्या बिभ्यति तस्मिन्काये
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
yāvatpavano nivasati dehe
tāvatpṛcchati kuśalaṃ gehe
gatavati vāyau dehāpāye
bhāryā bibhyati tasminkāye
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
As long as breath remains in the body, people at home ask about one's welfare. When the breath departs and the body dies, even one's wife becomes afraid of that same body.
PURPORT
बालस्तावत्क्रीडासक्तः
तरुणस्तावत्तरुणीसक्तः
वृद्धस्तावच्चिन्तासक्तः
परमे ब्रह्मणि कोऽपि न सक्तः
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
bālastāvatkrīḍāsaktaḥ
taruṇastāvattaruṇīsaktaḥ
vṛddhastāvaccintāsaktaḥ
parame brahmaṇi ko'pi na saktaḥ
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
A child is absorbed in play, a young man is absorbed in a young woman, and an old man is absorbed in anxiety. Hardly anyone is attached to the Supreme Brahman.
PURPORT
का ते कान्ता कस्ते पुत्रः
संसारोऽयमतीव विचित्रः
कस्य त्वं कः कुत आयातः
तत्त्वं चिन्तय तदिह भ्रातः
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
kā te kāntā kaste putraḥ
saṃsāro'yamatīva vicitraḥ
kasya tvaṃ kaḥ kuta āyātaḥ
tattvaṃ cintaya tadiha bhrātaḥ
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Who is your beloved? Who is your son? This saṃsāra is exceedingly strange. Whose are you, who are you, and from where have you come? Reflect on the truth here, O brother.
PURPORT
सत्सङ्गत्वे निःसङ्गत्वं
निःसङ्गत्वे निर्मोहत्वम्
निर्मोहत्वे निश्चलतत्त्वं
निश्चलतत्त्वे जीवन्मुक्तिः
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
satsaṅgatve niḥsaṅgatvaṃ
niḥsaṅgatve nirmohatvam
nirmohatve niścalatattvaṃ
niścalatattve jīvanmuktiḥ
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Through holy association comes freedom from binding attachment. Through such freedom comes release from delusion. Through release from delusion comes steadfastness in truth, and through steadfastness in truth comes liberation while living.
PURPORT
वयसि गते कः कामविकारः
शुष्के नीरे कः कासारः
क्षीणे वित्ते कः परिवारः
ज्ञाते तत्त्वे कः संसारः
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
vayasi gate kaḥ kāmavikāraḥ
śuṣke nīre kaḥ kāsāraḥ
kṣīṇe vitte kaḥ parivāraḥ
jñāte tattve kaḥ saṃsāraḥ
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
When youth has passed, what disturbance of lust remains? When the water has dried up, what lake remains? When wealth is exhausted, what family circle remains? When truth is known, what saṃsāra remains?
PURPORT
मा कुरु धनजनयौवनगर्वं
हरति निमेषात्कालः सर्वम्
मायामयमिदमखिलं हित्वा
ब्रह्मपदं त्वं प्रविश विदित्वा
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
mā kuru dhanajanayauvanagarvaṃ
harati nimeṣātkālaḥ sarvam
māyāmayamidamakhilaṃ hitvā
brahmapadaṃ tvaṃ praviśa viditvā
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Do not be proud of wealth, followers, or youth; time takes everything away in the blink of an eye. Having understood the deceptive and transient nature of all this, abandon attachment to it and enter the state of Brahman.
PURPORT
दिनयामिन्यौ सायं प्रातः
शिशिरवसन्तौ पुनरायातः
कालः क्रीडति गच्छत्यायुः
तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशावायुः
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
dinayāminyau sāyaṃ prātaḥ
śiśiravasantau punarāyātaḥ
kālaḥ krīḍati gacchatyāyuḥ
tadapi na muñcatyāśāvāyuḥ
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Day and night, evening and morning, winter and spring come again. Time plays on, and life passes away, yet the wind of desire still does not leave a person.
PURPORT
का ते कान्ता धनगतचिन्ता
वातुल किं तव नास्ति नियन्ता
त्रिजगति सज्जनसङ्गतिरेका
भवति भवार्णवतरणे नौका
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
kā te kāntā dhanagatacintā
vātula kiṃ tava nāsti niyantā
trijagati sajjanasaṅgatirekā
bhavati bhavārṇavataraṇe naukā
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Why this anxiety about a beloved or about wealth, O distracted one? Do you not have a divine ruler and guide? In the three worlds, association with the good alone becomes a boat for crossing the ocean of saṃsāra.
PURPORT
द्वादशमञ्जरिकाभिरशेषः
कथितो वैयाकरणस्यैषः
उपदेशोऽभूद्विद्यानिपुणैः
श्रीमच्छङ्करभगवच्छरणैः
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
dvādaśamañjarikābhiraśeṣaḥ
kathito vaiyākaraṇasyaiṣaḥ
upadeśo'bhūdvidyānipuṇaiḥ
śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavaccharaṇaiḥ
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Through this cluster of twelve verses, the instruction to the grammarian was fully given by the revered Śaṅkara Bhagavatpāda, who was accomplished in sacred learning.
PURPORT
जटिलो मुण्डी लुञ्छितकेशः
काषायाम्बरबहुकृतवेषः
पश्यन्नपि च न पश्यति मूढः
उदरनिमित्तं बहुकृतवेषः
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
jaṭilo muṇḍī luñchitakeśaḥ
kāṣāyāmbarabahukṛtaveṣaḥ
paśyannapi ca na paśyati mūḍhaḥ
udaranimittaṃ bahukṛtaveṣaḥ
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
One wears matted hair, another shaves his head, and another plucks out his hair; many assume ochre garments and varied appearances. The deluded person sees yet does not truly see, adopting many disguises merely to fill the stomach.
PURPORT
अङ्गं गलितं पलितं मुण्डं
दशनविहीनं जातं तुण्डम्
वृद्धो याति गृहीत्वा दण्डं
तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशापिण्डम्
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
aṅgaṃ galitaṃ palitaṃ muṇḍaṃ
daśanavihīnaṃ jātaṃ tuṇḍam
vṛddho yāti gṛhītvā daṇḍaṃ
tadapi na muñcatyāśāpiṇḍam
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
The limbs have weakened, the head has turned grey, and the mouth has become toothless. The old man walks holding a staff, yet he still does not release the bundle of desires.
PURPORT
अग्रे वह्निः पृष्ठे भानुः
रात्रौ चुबुकसमर्पितजानुः
करतलभिक्षस्तरुतलवासः
तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशापाशः
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
agre vahniḥ pṛṣṭhe bhānuḥ
rātrau cubukasamarpitajānuḥ
karatalabhikṣastarutalavāsaḥ
tadapi na muñcatyāśāpāśaḥ
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
With fire in front and the sun behind, at night he sits with his chin resting on his knees. He receives alms in his palm and lives beneath a tree, yet he still does not release the noose of desire.
PURPORT
कुरुते गङ्गासागरगमनं
व्रतपरिपालनमथवा दानम्
ज्ञानविहीनः सर्वमतेन
भजति न मुक्तिं जन्मशतेन
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
kurute gaṅgāsāgaragamanaṃ
vrataparipālanamathavā dānam
jñānavihīnaḥ sarvamatena
bhajati na muktiṃ janmaśatena
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
A person may journey to Gaṅgāsāgara, observe vows, or give charity; yet one devoid of spiritual knowledge does not attain liberation even in a hundred births—such is the considered teaching.
PURPORT
सुरमन्दिरतरुमूलनिवासः
शय्या भूतलमजिनं वासः
सर्वपरिग्रहभोगत्यागः
कस्य सुखं न करोति विरागः
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
suramandiratarumūlanivāsaḥ
śayyā bhūtalamajinaṃ vāsaḥ
sarvaparigrahabhogatyāgaḥ
kasya sukhaṃ na karoti virāgaḥ
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Dwelling in a temple or beneath a tree, sleeping on the ground, wearing a deerskin, and abandoning possessions and indulgence—to whom does such detachment not bring happiness?
PURPORT
योगरतो वा भोगरतो वा
सङ्गरतो वा सङ्गविहीनः
यस्य ब्रह्मणि रमते चित्तं
नन्दति नन्दति नन्दत्येव
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
yogarato vā bhogarato vā
saṅgarato vā saṅgavihīnaḥ
yasya brahmaṇi ramate cittaṃ
nandati nandati nandatyeva
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Whether delighting in yoga or engaged in enjoyment, whether living amid company or apart from it, the one whose mind delights in Brahman rejoices, rejoices, and indeed rejoices.
PURPORT
भगवद्गीता किञ्चिदधीता
गङ्गाजललवकणिका पीता
सकृदपि येन मुरारिसमर्चा
क्रियते तस्य यमेन न चर्चा
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
bhagavadgītā kiñcidadhītā
gaṅgājalalavakaṇikā pītā
sakṛdapi yena murārisamarcā
kriyate tasya yamena na carcā
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
One who has studied even a little of the Bhagavad Gītā, drunk even a tiny drop of Gaṅgā water, or worshiped Murāri even once has no dispute with Yama.
PURPORT
पुनरपि जननं पुनरपि मरणं
पुनरपि जननीजठरे शयनम्
इह संसारे बहुदुस्तारे
कृपयापारे पाहि मुरारे
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
punarapi jananaṃ punarapi maraṇaṃ
punarapi jananījaṭhare śayanam
iha saṃsāre bahudustāre
kṛpayāpāre pāhi murāre
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Birth again, death again, and again lying in a mother's womb—this saṃsāra is exceedingly difficult to cross. By Your boundless compassion, protect me, O Murāri.
PURPORT
रथ्याचर्पटविरचितकन्थः
पुण्यापुण्यविवर्जितपन्थः
योगी योगनियोजितचित्तः
रमते बालोन्मत्तवदेव
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
rathyācarpaṭaviracitakanthaḥ
puṇyāpuṇyavivarjitapanthaḥ
yogī yoganiyojitacittaḥ
ramate bālonmattavadeva
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Wearing a patched garment made from rags found on the road, walking a path beyond attachment to merit and demerit, the yogī whose mind is firmly established in yoga delights like a child or one whom the world considers mad.
PURPORT
कस्त्वं कोऽहं कुत आयातः
का मे जननी को मे तातः
इति परिभावय सर्वमसारं
विश्वं त्यक्त्वा स्वप्नविचारम्
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
kastvaṃ ko'haṃ kuta āyātaḥ
kā me jananī ko me tātaḥ
iti paribhāvaya sarvamasāraṃ
viśvaṃ tyaktvā svapnavicāram
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Who are you? Who am I? From where have I come? Who is my mother, and who is my father? Reflect deeply in this way upon the non-enduring character of all things, regarding the world as dreamlike.
PURPORT
त्वयि मयि चान्यत्रैको विष्णुः
व्यर्थं कुप्यसि मय्यसहिष्णुः
भव समचित्तः सर्वत्र त्वं
वाञ्छस्यचिराद्यदि विष्णुत्वम्
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
tvayi mayi cānyatraiko viṣṇuḥ
vyarthaṃ kupyasi mayyasahiṣṇuḥ
bhava samacittaḥ sarvatra tvaṃ
vāñchasyacirādyadi viṣṇutvam
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
In you, in me, and everywhere else, the one Viṣṇu is present. Why do you become needlessly angry with me, O impatient one? Become even-minded toward all if you desire quickly to attain realization of Viṣṇu.
PURPORT
शत्रौ मित्रे पुत्रे बन्धौ
मा कुरु यत्नं विग्रहसन्धौ
सर्वस्मिन्नपि पश्यात्मानं
सर्वत्रोत्सृज भेदाज्ञानम्
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
śatrau mitre putre bandhau
mā kuru yatnaṃ vigrahasandhau
sarvasminnapi paśyātmānaṃ
sarvatrotsṛja bhedājñānam
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Toward enemy, friend, son, or relative, do not exhaust yourself in hostility and partial alliance. See the self in every being and abandon everywhere the ignorance that produces divisive vision.
PURPORT
कामं क्रोधं लोभं मोहं
त्यक्त्वात्मानं पश्यति सोऽहम्
आत्मज्ञानविहीना मूढाः
ते पच्यन्ते नरकनिगूढाः
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
kāmaṃ krodhaṃ lobhaṃ mohaṃ
tyaktvātmānaṃ paśyati so'ham
ātmajñānavihīnā mūḍhāḥ
te pacyante narakanigūḍhāḥ
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Having abandoned lust, anger, greed, and delusion, one perceives the self and realizes, 'That am I.' The deluded who lack knowledge of the self remain confined within hellish suffering.
PURPORT
गेयं गीतानामसहस्रं
ध्येयं श्रीपतिरूपमजस्रम्
नेयं सज्जनसङ्गे चित्तं
देयं दीनजनाय च वित्तम्
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
geyaṃ gītānāmasahasraṃ
dhyeyaṃ śrīpatirūpamajasram
neyaṃ sajjanasaṅge cittaṃ
deyaṃ dīnajanāya ca vittam
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
The Bhagavad Gītā and the Lord's thousand names should be recited. The form of Śrīpati should be meditated upon continually. The mind should be led into the company of the good, and wealth should be given to those in need.
PURPORT
सुखतः क्रियते कामाभोगः
पश्चाद् धन्त शरीरे रोगः
यद्यपि लोके मरणं शरणं
तदपि न मुञ्चति पापाचरणम्
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
sukhataḥ kriyate kāmābhogaḥ
paścād dhanta śarīre rogaḥ
yadyapi loke maraṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ
tadapi na muñcati pāpācaraṇam
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Sensual indulgence is pursued for pleasure; afterward, alas, disease arises in the body. Although everyone in the world knows that death is inevitable, a person still does not abandon sinful conduct.
PURPORT
अर्थमनर्थं भावय नित्यं
नास्ति ततः सुखलेशः सत्यम्
पुत्रादपि धनभाजां भीतिः
सर्वत्रैषा विहिता रीतिः
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
arthamanarthaṃ bhāvaya nityaṃ
nāsti tataḥ sukhaleśaḥ satyam
putrādapi dhanabhājāṃ bhītiḥ
sarvatraiṣā vihitā rītiḥ
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Reflect constantly that wealth can become a source of trouble; truly, no lasting happiness comes from it alone. Those who possess wealth may fear even their own sons—such is the pattern seen everywhere.
PURPORT
प्राणायामं प्रत्याहारं
नित्यानित्यविवेकविचारम्
जाप्यसमेतसमाधिविधानं
कुर्ववधानं महदवधानम्
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
prāṇāyāmaṃ pratyāhāraṃ
nityānityavivekavicāram
jāpyasametasamādhividhānaṃ
kurvavadhānaṃ mahadavadhānam
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Practice regulation of the breath, withdrawal of the senses, and inquiry into the eternal and the non-eternal. Undertake mantra repetition and the discipline of meditation with great and careful attention.
PURPORT
गुरुचरणाम्बुजनिर्भरभक्तः
संसारादचिराद्भव मुक्तः
सेन्द्रियमानसनियमाद् एवं
द्रक्ष्यसि निजहृदयस्थं देवम्
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
gurucaraṇāmbujanirbharabhaktaḥ
saṃsārādacirādbhava muktaḥ
sendriyamānasaniyamād evaṃ
drakṣyasi nijahṛdayasthaṃ devam
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Become wholeheartedly devoted to the lotus feet of the guru and before long be freed from saṃsāra. By disciplining the senses and the mind in this way, you will behold the Lord dwelling in your own heart.
PURPORT
मूढः कश्चन वैयाकरणो
डुकृञ्करणाध्ययनधुरीणः
श्रीमच्छङ्करभगवच्छिष्यैः
बोधित आसीच्छोधितकरणः
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
mūḍhaḥ kaścana vaiyākaraṇo
ḍukṛñkaraṇādhyayanadhurīṇaḥ
śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavacchiṣyaiḥ
bodhita āsīcchodhitakaraṇaḥ
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
A certain deluded grammarian, heavily absorbed in studying the formula ḍukṛñ karaṇe, was instructed by the revered disciples of Śaṅkara Bhagavatpāda, and his inner faculties were purified.
PURPORT
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते
नामस्मरणादन्यमुपायं
न हि पश्यामो भवतरणे
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate
nāmasmaraṇādanyamupāyaṃ
na hi paśyāmo bhavataraṇe
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda, O deluded mind. For crossing saṃsāra, we see no other means apart from remembrance of the divine name.
PURPORT
