Adi Shankara’s Bhaja Govindam
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Selection of Verses from Adi Shankara’s text, Bhaja Govinda
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ mūḍha़mate
saṃprāpte sannihite kāle nahi nahi rakṣati ḍukṛñ karaṇe 1
mūḍha़ jahīhi dhanāgama tṛṣṇām kuru sadbuddhiṃ manasi vitṛṣṇām
yallabhase nijakarmopāttam vittaṃ tena vinodaya cittaṃ 2
nalinīdalagatajalamatitaralam tadvajjīvitamatiśayacapalam
viddhi vyādhyabhimānagrastaṃ lokaṃ śokahataṃ ca samastam 4
kā te kāṃtā kaste putraḥ saṃsāro’yamatīva vicitraḥ
kasya tvaṃ kaḥ kuta ayātastattvaṃ cintaya tadiha bhrātaḥ 8
satsaṃgatve nissaṃgatvaṃ nissaṃgatve nirmohatvaṃ
nirmohatve niścalatattvaṃ niścalatattve jīvanmuktiḥ 9
vayasi gate kaḥ kāmavikāraḥ śuṣke nīre kaḥ kāsāraḥ
naṣṭe dravye kaḥ parivāro jñāte tattve kaḥ saṃsāraḥ 10
mā kuru dhanajanayauvanagarvaṃ harati nimeṣātkālaḥ sarvaṃ
māyāmayamidamakhilam hitvā brahmapadam tvaṃ praviśa viditvā 11
dinayāminyau sāyaṃ prātaḥ śiśiravasantau punarāyātaḥ
kālaḥ krīḍati gacchatyāyustadapi na munctyāśāvāyuḥ 12
yogarato vā bhogarato vā saṅgarato vā saṅgavīhinaḥ
yasya brahmaṇi ramate cittaṃ nandati nandati nandatyeva 19
punarapi jananaṃ punarapi maraṇaṃ punarapi jananī jaṭhare śayanam
iha saṃsāre bahudustāre kṛpayā’pāre pāhi murāre 21
kastvaṃ ko’haṃ kuta āyātaḥ kā me jananī ko me tātaḥ
iti paribhāvaya sarvamasāram viśvaṃ tyaktvā svapnavicāram 23
prāṇāyāmaṃ pratyāhāraṃ nityānitya vivekavicāram
jāpyasameta samādhividhānaṃ kurvavadhānaṃ mahadavadhānam 30
gurucaraṇāmbuja nirbhara bhaktaḥ saṃsārādacirādbhava muktaḥ
sendriyamānasa niyamādevaṃ drakṣyasi nija hṛdayasthaṃ devam 31
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