The first stanza of the composition, featuring the eponymous line “Bhaja Govindam”, reads as follows. BhajaGovindam is one of the smaller texts composed by Adi Sankaracharya. ( When The original title of Bhaja Govindam is Moha Mudgara. Adi Sankaracharya’s Bhaja Govindam ; Original Sanskrit Text With Roman Transliteration Word For Word Meaning, Purport, Introductory Note.

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Your anger and impatience is meaningless. Sanskrit Wikisource has original text related to this article: Taking pity on him, Adi Shankara went up to the scholar and advised him not to waste his time on grammar at his age but to turn his mind to God in worship and adoration, which would only save him from this vicious cycle of life and death.

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There is a story attached to the composition of this Hymn. His works in Sanskrit concern themselves with establishing the doctrine of advaita nondualism.

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. Shankara represented his works as elaborating on ideas found in the Upanishads, and he wrote copious commentaries on the Vedic canon Brahma Sutra, principal upanishads and Bhagavad Gita in support of govinsam thesis.

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When that wisdom vignyana is integrated with life and issues out in action, it becomes devotion bhakti. The former is a set of verses verses while the rest of the verses form charpaTamanjarikA.

Shyam Banerji rated it it was amazing Jun 15, From self-settledness comes JIvan muktI. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Venkaetsh Ramaswamy marked it as to-read Feb 09, Shankara understood that the majority of the world was also engaged in mere intellectual, sense pleasures and not in the divine contemplation. Sundara Mani marked it as to-read Nov 27, Many scholars hold that this composition encapsulates with both brevity and simplicity the substance of all Vedantic thought found in whatever other works that Adi Shankaracharya wrote: Freed from vices and virtues, onward he wanders.

It is classified as a prakaraNa grantha, a primer to the major works. Sindhu Nair rated it it was amazing Feb 18, So are Shankara’s words, which pierce and point out our ignorance.

Bhaja Govindam

Stanza attributed to Anandagiri. Hence, the hymn bears the title “Dvadasamanjarika- Stotra ” A hymn which is a bunch of twelve verse-blossoms. What is the Truth? Prasad marked it as bhaaja Dec 08, In 31 verses, he, like no other, explains our fallacies, our wrong outlook for life, and dispels our ignorance and delusions. I recommend listening with meaning understandable to you the song everyday, and refer this book often.

At the time of your death, Rules of grammar will not save you.

Knowledge which has become mature is spoken of as devotion. Distribute your wealth in charity to the poor and the needy. Fail not to remember this again and again in your mind.

Anil marked it as to-read Nov 13, Veena Ramakrishnan rated it liked it Jul 30, They may not follow exact word construction in the above verses. Ganesh Krishnan rated it it was amazing Sep 11, The hymn “Bhaja Govindam” is said to have been composed on this occasion.

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Stanza attributed to medhAtithira. This page was last edited on 30 Augustat Free yourself from the illusion of the world of Maya and attain the timeless Truth. Aziz marked it as to-read Oct 31,