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Bhaja Govindam Bhaja Govindam

Govindam Bhaja moodhamatae |

sampraaptae sannihitae kaalae

nahi nahi rakshati dukrin karanae |

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kaatae kaantaa dhanagata chintaa

vaatula kim tava naasti niyantaa |

trijagati sajjana samgati raekaa

bhavati bhavaarnava taranae noukaa |

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Eschew ever from this w.w.w; Remember

Woman, Wealth and Wine - beget surrender

Fellowship with the devout – secures felicity

Certain – never this fails you even in adversity

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jatiloo mundeelunchita kaesah

kaashaayaambara bahukrita vaeshah |

pasyanna picha napasyati moodhoe

hyudara nimittam bahukrita vaeshah |

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Never be deceived by the outward show

With a tonsured head, umpteen to follow

Of saffron robes and matted hair, know

Perchance, a pretence for wealth to swallow

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angam galhitam phalitam mundam

dasana viheenam jaatam tundam |

vriddhoeyaati grihiitwaa damdam

tadapina muncha tyaasaapindam |

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Dilapidated and ugly becomes every body

Edentulous mouth laughs at, as teeth decay

Ever vernal are wants, even when hairs grey

Perpetual are our desires, come what may

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agrae vahnihi prishtae bhaanuhu

raatrou chubuka samarpita jaanuhu |

karatala bhikshah tarutala vaasah

tadapi na muncha tyaasaapaasah |

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To defy the winter, owns not even rags - except

the searing Sun on the back and Fire in front,

body coiled with the head on the knees bent.

Vernal are one’s wants, even deprived to that extent

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kurutae gangaa saagara gamanam

vrata paripaalana mathavaa daanam

jnaana viheenah sarwamataena

muktim na bhajati janma sataena |

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Holy dips in the Ganges beget no purity

Prayers and austerity grant one no certainty

Emancipation not in sight even for the piety

Sans realization of the rationale of equality

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suramandira tarumoolanivaasah

sayyaabhootala majinam vaasah |

sarwa parigraha bhoogatyaagah

kasya sukham na karoeti viraagah |

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A cat’s nap under the shade of a temple tree

Or in deep slumber on a ground of feet three

Ever cares not for any comfort whatsoever

Rejoices a mendicant, detached is he forever

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yogaratovaa bhooga ratovaa

samga ratovaa samga viheenah |

yasya brahmani ramatae chittam

nandati nandati nandatyaevah |

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Let one be a Spartan or an everyday man

A passionate one or an ascetic holy man

Little it matters, for the one who is humane

Sure, that is the one – the most blissful man

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bhagavadgeetaa kinci dadheetaa

gangaa jala lava kanikaa peetaa |

sakri dapi yaena muraari samarcha

kriyatae tasya yamaena na charcha ||

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Apply the precepts of the Gita ever in life

Employ the mind in earnest, without strife

Deploy thoughts of purity for the best in life

Destiny indeed is the death’s cutting knife

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punarapi jananam punarapi maranam

punarapi jananee jatarae sayanam |

iha samsaarae bahudustaarae

kripayaa paarae paahi muraarae |

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Born we are and torn we are, over again

Darkness it is, in the womb to the tomb

The journey of life, is indeed often so dumb

Verily, equality of all, is the answer a plumb.

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rathyakarpata virachita kanthah

punyaa punya vivarjita panthah |

yogee yoga niyojita chittah

ramatae baalonmattava daeva |

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Keeps away from anxiety as if in doldrums

Faces he alike, no matter a sinner or a paragon

Meanders is the man sans all the thralldoms

Appears he is, as if innocent or inebriated !

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kastvam koham kuta aayaatah

kaamae jananee ko mae taatah |

iti paribhaavita nija samsaarah

sarwam twaktvaa swapna vikaarah |

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Who you are? And who am I? No answer!

From whence we came, to where we head

Mom is who? Same with papa! No answer!

Like thing in a dream, fades away everything!

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twayi mayi chaanyatraiko vishnuhu

vyartham kupyasi mayya sahishnuhu |

bhava samachittah sarwatra twam

vaanchasya chiraad yati vishnutwam |

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Honestly tell me - how we all can differ ?

With the concept of inequality, we all suffer

Shun hatred and inculcate parity in you ever

Verily, this is the best path to eternal treasure

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kaamam krodham lobham moham

tyaktvaa tmaanam pasyati soham |

Atmajnana viheenaa moodhAh

tae pachyantae naraka nigaadhaah |

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Clinging, craving, rage and hatred

avarice, vengeance, lust and greed

Aren’t these the deadly inner seeds

To decimate amply the human breed

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gaeyam geetaa naamasahasram

dhyaeyam Sreepati roopa majasram |

naeyam sajjana sangati manisam

daeyam deenajanaayatu vittam |

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Apply the proclamations of the scriptures

The unity in diversity puts us all in rapture

Remember to help ever and hurt never

Sure, this is the itinerant to strive forever

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moodhah kaschana vaiyaakarano

dukrin karanae dhyayana dhureenah |

Sreemat Sankara bhagavat sishyaih

modita aaseet chodita karanaih |

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For the mundane, are these messages

Those engrossed in worldly entangles

Verily are these, the precepts for salvation

Jagad Guru’s enunciation for emancipation

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