Bhaja Govindham - 23

kastvam kOham kuta aayaata:
kaa mE janani kO mE taata:
iti paribhaavaya sarvam asaaram
vishvam tyaktvaa svapna vichaaram

kastvam (ka: tvam) - Who are you?

kOham (ka: aham) - Who am I?

kuta aayaata: - Where from you and me came?

kaa mE janani - Who is my Mother?

kO mE taata: - Who is my Father?

iti paribhaavaya - Enquire like this.

sarvam asaaram - Here everything is essenceless.

vishvam tyaktvaa - Leave everything aside

svapna vichaaram - because it is comparable to a dream.

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Bhaja Govindham - 22

rathyaakarpata viracita kantha:
punya apunya vivarjita pantha:
yogi yoga niyojita citta:
ramatey balonmattavad eva

rathyaa karpata viracita kantha: - the one who has a body that wears a dress made of rags

punya apunya vivarjita pantha: - whose path is beyond the merits (punya) and demerits (paapa, apunya)

yogi yoga niyojita citta: - whose mind dwells in the merger with Brahman, that Yogi

ramatey balonmattavad eva - who is just like a child and a mad man, he only enjoys.

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Bhaja Govindham - 21

punar api jananam punar api maranam
punar api jananee jadarey sayanam
iha samsaarey bahu dustaarey
krpayaa paarey paahi muraarey!

punar api jananam - Taking birth Once again

punar api maranam - Dying once again

punar api jananee jadarey sayanam - then sleeping in the womb of the Mother once again
iha samsaarey bahu dustaarey - this Samsaaram is very extensive and very difficult to cross

krpayaa paarey paahi muraarey! - Oh MuraarEy! Please save me by Your Grace.

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Bhaja Govindham - 20

bhagavad giitaa kinchid adeethaa
gangaa jala lava kanikaa peetaa
sakrud api yena muraari samarcaa
kriyathey thasya yamena na charcaa

bhagavad giitaa kinchit adeethaa - If one has studied the Bhagavad Gitaa even a little

Gangaa Jala lava kanikaa peetaa - If one has drunk even a drop of the Gangaa Water

Sakrud api yena muraari samarcaa - If One has worshiped Sri Krishna (Muraari – the destroyer of Mura) even once even by chance

Kriyathey thasya yamena na charchaa - that person does not have to fight with Yama; He will attain Mokshaa.

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Bhaja Govindham - 19

yoga rathO vaa bhoga rathO vaa
sanga rathO vaa sanga viheena:
yasya brahmani ramatEy chittam
nandati nandati nandati eva.

yoga rathO vaa bhoga rathO vaa - One may practise Yoga or one may indulge in enjoyments

sanga rathO vaa sanga viheena: - One may find pleasure in company or in solitude

yasya chittam brahmani ramatEy - Irrespective of these actions, whose mind is always enjoying the Brahman

nandati nandati nandati eva: Only that person is happy, happy and definitely happy

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Bhaja Govindham - 18

sura mandhira taru moola nivaasa:
sayya bhoothalam ajinam vaasa:
sarva parigraha bhoga tyaaga:
kasya sukham na karothi viraaga:

Real ascetic's life is explained here:

suru mandhira taru moola nivaasa: - Real ascetic lives in the temples or at the foot of trees

sayya bhoothalam - His bed is plain ground

ajinam vaasa: - His dress is deer skin

sarva parigraha bhoga tyaaga: - He has renounced the desire to acquire anything and their enjoyment

kasya sukham na karothi viraaga: - Do you think such a person of dispassion will not have the ultimate happiness? Only such a person will have the ultimate happiness.

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Bhaja Govindham - 17

kuru te gangaa saagara gamanam
vratha paripaalanam athavaa daanam
jnaana viheena: sarva mathena
mukthim na bhajathi janma satena:

kuru te gangaa saagara gamanam - One may go on pilgrimage to the holy place where Ganga merges with the Sea

vratha paraipaalanam - Or may observe all the religious vows with lot of care

athavaa daanam - Or may offer a lot of gifts as charity

jnaana viheena - But if that person is devoid of Gnaana

mukthim na bhajathi - that person will not gain release from Samsaraa

janma satena - even in hundreds of lifes

sarva mathena - this is the opinion of all people of wisdom

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