ಭಜ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಮ್
Bhaja Govindam in Kannada · ಕನ್ನಡ
ಮೂಲ & ಕಥೆ
Composed independently by Adi Shankaracharya · Adi Shankaracharya · 8th century CE (circa 788-820)
According to tradition, Shankaracharya was walking through the streets of Varanasi (Kashi) with his disciples when he saw an aged scholar laboriously memorizing Panini's Sanskrit grammar rules. Moved by compassion, Shankaracharya spontaneously composed 'Bhaja Govindam' — urging the old man that grammar rules would not save him at the hour of death and that he should instead turn his mind to God. Each of his 14 disciples then added one verse, making it a collective composition. The work is also called 'Moha Mudgara' — the hammer that shatters delusion.
✦ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದಂತೆ
Shankaracharya himself demonstrated the teaching of Bhaja Govindam through his life. Despite dying at age 32, he established four mathas (monasteries) across India, wrote commentaries on the Upanishads, Brahma Sutras and Bhagavad Gita, composed dozens of devotional hymns, and defeated every philosophical opponent in debate. His life proves that one who worships Govinda (turns to the Divine) accomplishes more in a short life than those who spend decades in material pursuits.
ಕೇಳುತ್ತಾ ಪಠಿಸಿ
ಅರ್ಥದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪೂರ್ಣ ಪಾಠ
ಯಾವುದೇ ಸಾಲನ್ನು ಅಥವಾ ▶ ಬಟನ್ ಒತ್ತಿ ಕೇಳಿ
ಭಜ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಭಜ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಭಜ ಮೂಢಮತೇ । ಸಮ್ಪ್ರಾಪ್ತೇ ಸನ್ನಿಹಿತೇ ಕಾಲೇ ನಹಿ ನಹಿ ರಕ್ಷತಿ ಡುಕೃಞ್ಕರಣೇ ॥
Bhaja govindam bhaja govindam govindam bhaja mudhamate Samprapte sannihite kale nahi nahi rakshati dukrinkarane
ಅರ್ಥ:Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda, O foolish mind! When the appointed time of death draws near, the rules of grammar (Dukrn-karane) will not save you at all.
ಮೂಢ ಜಹೀಹಿ ಧನಾಗಮತೃಷ್ಣಾಂ ಕುರು ಸದ್ಬುದ್ಧಿಂ ಮನಸಿ ವಿತೃಷ್ಣಾಮ್ । ಯಲ್ಲಭಸೇ ನಿಜಕರ್ಮೋಪಾತ್ತಂ ವಿತ್ತಂ ತೇನ ವಿನೋದಯ ಚಿತ್ತಮ್ ॥
Mudha jahihi dhanagamatrishnam kuru sadbuddhim manasi vitrishnam Yallabhase nijakarmopattam vittam tena vinodaya chittam
ಅರ್ಥ:O fool, give up the thirst for amassing wealth; cultivate right thought in your mind, free of craving. With whatever you obtain through your own honest deeds, content your mind.
ನಾರೀಸ್ತನಭರ ನಾಭೀದೇಶಂ ದೃಷ್ಟ್ವಾ ಮಾ ಗಾ ಮೋಹಾವೇಶಮ್ । ಏತನ್ಮಾಂಸವಸಾದಿವಿಕಾರಂ ಮನಸಿ ವಿಚಿನ್ತಯ ವಾರಂ ವಾರಮ್ ॥
Naristanabhara nabhidesham drishtva ma ga mohavesham Etanmamsavasadivikaram manasi vichintaya varam varam
ಅರ್ಥ:Seeing a woman's body, do not fall prey to delusion and infatuation; reflect again and again that this is but a modification of flesh and fat.
ನಲಿನೀದಲ ಗತಜಲಮತಿತರಲಂ ತದ್ವಜ್ಜೀವಿತಮತಿಶಯ ಚಪಲಮ್ । ವಿದ್ಧಿ ವ್ಯಾಧ್ಯಭಿಮಾನಗ್ರಸ್ತಂ ಲೋಕಂ ಶೋಕಹತಂ ಚ ಸಮಸ್ತಮ್ ॥
Nalinidala gatajalamatitaralam tadvajjivitamatishaya chapalam Viddhi vyadhyabhimanagrastam lokam shokahatam cha samastam
ಅರ್ಥ:Life is as fleeting as a drop of water trembling on a lotus-leaf. Know that this whole world is consumed by disease, pride and grief.
ಯಾವದ್ವಿತ್ತೋಪಾರ್ಜನಸಕ್ತಃ ತಾವನ್ನಿಜಪರಿವಾರೋ ರಕ್ತಃ । ಪಶ್ಚಾಜ್ಜೀವತಿ ಜರ್ಜರದೇಹೇ ವಾರ್ತಾಂ ಕೋಽಪಿ ನ ಪೃಚ್ಛತಿ ಗೇಹೇ ॥
Yavadvittoparjanasaktah tavannijaparivaro raktah Pashchajjivati jarjaradehe vartam kopi na prichchhati gehe
ಅರ್ಥ:As long as you can earn wealth, so long is your family attached to you; afterwards, when the body grows frail, no one at home even asks after you.
ಯಾವತ್ಪವನೋ ನಿವಸತಿ ದೇಹೇ ತಾವತ್ಪೃಚ್ಛತಿ ಕುಶಲಂ ಗೇಹೇ । ಗತವತಿ ವಾಯೌ ದೇಹಾಪಾಯೇ ಭಾರ್ಯಾ ಬಿಭ್ಯತಿ ತಸ್ಮಿನ್ಕಾಯೇ ॥
Yavatpavano nivasati dehe tavatprichchhati kushalam gehe Gatavati vayau dehapaye bharya bibhyati tasminkaye
ಅರ್ಥ:As long as breath dwells in the body, those at home ask after your welfare; once the breath departs and the body falls, even your wife dreads that very corpse.
ಬಾಲಸ್ತಾವತ್ಕ್ರೀಡಾಸಕ್ತಃ ತರುಣಸ್ತಾವತ್ತರುಣೀಸಕ್ತಃ । ವೃದ್ಧಸ್ತಾವಚ್ಚಿನ್ತಾಸಕ್ತಃ ಪರಮೇ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣಿ ಕೋಽಪಿ ನ ಸಕ್ತಃ ॥
Balastavatkridasaktah tarunastavattarunisaktah Vriddhastavachchintasaktah parame brahmani kopi na saktah
ಅರ್ಥ:The child is absorbed in play, the youth in his beloved, the old man in worry — but no one, alas, is absorbed in the Supreme Brahman.
ಕಾ ತೇ ಕಾನ್ತಾ ಕಸ್ತೇ ಪುತ್ರಃ ಸಂಸಾರೋಽಯಮತೀವ ವಿಚಿತ್ರಃ । ಕಸ್ಯ ತ್ವಂ ಕಃ ಕುತ ಆಯಾತಃ ತತ್ತ್ವಂ ಚಿನ್ತಯ ತದಿಹ ಭ್ರಾತಃ ॥
Ka te kanta kaste putrah samsaroyamativa vichitrah Kasya tvam kah kuta ayatah tattvam chintaya tadiha bhratah
ಅರ್ಥ:Who is your wife? Who is your son? Utterly strange is this samsara. Whose are you? Whence have you come? O brother, ponder that truth here.
ಸತ್ಸಙ್ಗತ್ವೇ ನಿಸ್ಸಙ್ಗತ್ವಂ ನಿಸ್ಸಙ್ಗತ್ವೇ ನಿರ್ಮೋಹತ್ವಮ್ । ನಿರ್ಮೋಹತ್ವೇ ನಿಶ್ಚಲತತ್ತ್ವಂ ನಿಶ್ಚಲತತ್ತ್ವೇ ಜೀವನ್ಮುಕ್ತಿಃ ॥
Satsangatve nissangatvam nissangatve nirmohatvam Nirmohatve nishchalatattvam nishchalatattve jivanmuktih
ಅರ್ಥ:From the company of the good comes non-attachment; from non-attachment, freedom from delusion; from that, the changeless Truth; and from the changeless Truth, liberation-in-life.
ವಯಸಿ ಗತೇ ಕಃ ಕಾಮವಿಕಾರಃ ಶುಷ್ಕೇ ನೀರೇ ಕಃ ಕಾಸಾರಃ । ಕ್ಷೀಣೇ ವಿತ್ತೇ ಕಃ ಪರಿವಾರಃ ಜ್ಞಾತೇ ತತ್ತ್ವೇ ಕಃ ಸಂಸಾರಃ ॥
Vayasi gate kah kamavikarah shushke nire kah kasarah Kshine vitte kah parivarah jnate tattve kah samsarah
ಅರ್ಥ:When youth is gone, where is lust? When the water dries, where is the lake? When wealth is lost, where is the family? When the Truth is known, where is samsara?
ಮಾ ಕುರು ಧನ ಯೌವನ ಗರ್ವಂ ಹರತಿ ನಿಮೇಷಾತ್ಕಾಲಃ ಸರ್ವಮ್ । ಮಾಯಾಮಯಮಿದಮಖಿಲಂ ಹಿತ್ವಾ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಪದಂ ತ್ವಂ ಪ್ರವಿಶ ವಿದಿತ್ವಾ ॥
Ma kuru dhana yauvana garvam harati nimeshatkalah sarvam Mayamayamidamakhilam hitva brahmapadam tvam pravisha viditva
ಅರ್ಥ:Take no pride in wealth, people or youth; Time snatches them all away in an instant. Renouncing this whole illusory world, know and enter the state of Brahman.
ದಿನಯಾಮಿನ್ಯೌ ಸಾಯಂ ಪ್ರಾತಃ ಶಿಶಿರವಸನ್ತೌ ಪುನರಾಯಾತಃ । ಕಾಲಃ ಕ್ರೀಡತಿ ಗಚ್ಛತ್ಯಾಯುಃ ತದಪಿ ನ ಮುಞ್ಚತ್ಯಾಶಾವಾಯುಃ ॥
Dinayaminyau sayam pratah shishiravasantau punarayatah Kalah kridati gachchhatyayuh tadapi na munchatyashavayuh
ಅರ್ಥ:Day and night, dusk and dawn, winter and spring come round again and again; Time sports on, life ebbs away — yet the gale of desire never lets go.
ಕಾ ತೇ ಕಾನ್ತಾ ಧನಗತಚಿನ್ತಾ ವಾತುಲ ಕಿಂ ತವ ನಾಸ್ತಿ ನಿಯನ್ತಾ । ತ್ರಿಜಗತಿ ಸಜ್ಜನಸಙ್ಗತಿರೇಕಾ ಭವತಿ ಭವಾರ್ಣವತರಣೇ ನೌಕಾ ॥
Ka te kanta dhanagatachinta vatula kim tava nasti niyanta Trijagati sajjanasangatireka bhavati bhavarnavatarane nauka
ಅರ್ಥ:Why this anxiety over wife and wealth, O frenzied one? Have you no one to guide you? In all three worlds, the company of the good alone is the boat to cross the ocean of existence.
ದ್ವಾದಶ ಮಞ್ಜರಿಕಾಭಿರಶೇಷಃ ಕಥಿತೋ ವೈಯಾಕರಣಸ್ಯೈಷಃ । ಉಪದೇಶೋಽಭೂದ್ವಿದ್ಯಾ ನಿಪುಣೈಃ ಶ್ರೀಮಚ್ಛಙ್ಕರ ಭಗವಚ್ಛರಣೈಃ ॥
Dvadasha manjarikabhirasheshah kathito vaiyakaranasyaishah Upadeshobhudvidya nipunaih shrimachchhankara bhagavachchharanaih
ಅರ್ಥ:This complete teaching, told in twelve verses (the Dvadasha-Manjarika), was given to the grammarian by the venerable, knowledge-perfected feet of Bhagavan Shankara.
ಜಟಿಲೋ ಮುಣ್ಡೀ ಲುಞ್ಛಿತಕೇಶಃ ಕಾಷಾಯಾಮ್ಬರ ಬಹುಕೃತವೇಷಃ । ಪಶ್ಯನ್ನಪಿ ಚ ನ ಪಶ್ಯತಿ ಮೂಢಃ ಉದರನಿಮಿತ್ತಂ ಬಹುಕೃತವೇಷಃ ॥
Jatilo mundi lunchhitakeshah kashayambara bahukritaveshah Pashyannapi cha na pashyati mudhah udaranimittam bahukritaveshah
ಅರ್ಥ:One with matted locks, one shaven, one with plucked hair, one decked in ochre robes — the fool, though seeing, does not see; these many guises are donned merely for the belly.
ಅಙ್ಗಂ ಗಲಿತಂ ಪಲಿತಂ ಮುಣ್ಡಂ ದಶನವಿಹೀನಂ ಜಾತಂ ತುಣ್ಡಮ್ । ವೃದ್ಧೋ ಯಾತಿ ಗೃಹೀತ್ವಾ ದಣ್ಡಂ ತದಪಿ ನ ಮುಞ್ಚತ್ಯಾಶಾಪಿಣ್ಡಮ್ ॥
Angam galitam palitam mundam dashanavihinam jatam tundam Vriddho yati grihitva dandam tadapi na munchatyashapindam
ಅರ್ಥ:The body worn out, the head grey, the mouth toothless; the old man walks leaning on a staff — yet even then he does not let go the lump of desire.
ಅಗ್ರೇ ವಹ್ನಿಃ ಪೃಷ್ಠೇ ಭಾನುಃ ರಾತ್ರೌ ಚುಬುಕ ಸಮರ್ಪಿತ ಜಾನುಃ । ಕರತಲ ಭಿಕ್ಷಸ್ತರುತಲವಾಸಃ ತದಪಿ ನ ಮುಞ್ಚತ್ಯಾಶಾಪಾಶಃ ॥
Agre vahnih prishthe bhanuh ratrau chubuka samarpita januh Karatala bhikshastarutalavasah tadapi na munchatyashapashah
ಅರ್ಥ:Fire in front, the sun at his back; at night crouched with knees to chin; alms in his palm, dwelling at the foot of a tree — yet the noose of desire does not loosen.
ಕುರುತೇ ಗಙ್ಗಾಸಾಗರಗಮನಂ ವ್ರತ ಪರಿಪಾಲನಮಥವಾ ದಾನಮ್ । ಜ್ಞಾನವಿಹೀನಃ ಸರ್ವಮತೇನ ಭಜತಿ ನ ಮುಕ್ತಿಂ ಜನ್ಮಶತೇನ ॥
Kurute gangasagaragamanam vrata paripalanamathava danam Jnanavihinah sarvamatena bhajati na muktim janmashatena
ಅರ್ಥ:One may journey to Gangasagar, keep vows or give in charity — yet, devoid of knowledge, by all these creeds one does not gain liberation even in a hundred births.
ಸುರಮನ್ದಿರ ನಿವಾಸಃ ಶಯ್ಯಾ ಭೂತಲಮಜಿನಂ ವಾಸಃ । ಸರ್ವ ಪರಿಗ್ರಹ ಭೋಗತ್ಯಾಗಃ ಕಸ್ಯ ಸುಖಂ ನ ಕರೋತಿ ವಿರಾಗಃ ॥
Suramandira nivasah shayya bhutalamajinam vasah Sarva parigraha bhogatyagah kasya sukham na karoti viragah
ಅರ್ಥ:Dwelling in a temple, the bare earth for a bed, a deerskin for clothing — renouncing all possession and enjoyment: whose dispassion does not bring happiness?
ಯೋಗರತೋ ವಾ ಭೋಗರತೋ ವಾ ಸಙ್ಗರತೋ ವಾ ಸಙ್ಗವಿಹೀನಃ । ಯಸ್ಯ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣಿ ರಮತೇ ಚಿತ್ತಂ ನನ್ದತಿ ನನ್ದತಿ ನನ್ದತ್ಯೇವ ॥
Yogarato va bhogarato va sangarato va sangavihinah Yasya brahmani ramate chittam nandati nandati nandatyeva
ಅರ್ಥ:Engaged in yoga or in enjoyment, in company or in solitude — he whose mind delights in Brahman, he rejoices, he rejoices, he truly rejoices.
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತಾ ಕಿಞ್ಚಿದಧೀತಾ ಗಙ್ಗಾಜಲ ಲವಕಣಿಕಾ ಪೀತಾ । ಸಕೃದಪಿ ಯೇನ ಮುರಾರಿಸಮರ್ಚಾ ಕ್ರಿಯತೇ ತಸ್ಯ ಯಮೇನ ನ ಚರ್ಚಾ ॥
Bhagavadgita kinchidadhita gangajala lavakanika pita Sakridapi yena murarisamarcha kriyate tasya yamena na charcha
ಅರ್ಥ:He who has studied even a little of the Bhagavad Gita, sipped a drop of Ganga's water, and worshipped Murari even once — with him Yama (death) holds no argument.
ಪುನರಪಿ ಜನನಂ ಪುನರಪಿ ಮರಣಂ ಪುನರಪಿ ಜನನೀಜಠರೇ ಶಯನಮ್ । ಇಹ ಸಂಸಾರೇ ಬಹುದುಸ್ತಾರೇ ಕೃಪಯಾಽಪಾರೇ ಪಾಹಿ ಮುರಾರೇ ॥
Punarapi jananam punarapi maranam punarapi jananijathare shayanam Iha samsare bahudustare kripayapare pahi murare
ಅರ್ಥ:Birth again, death again, again to lie in a mother's womb — this samsara is so hard to cross. O Murari, save me by your boundless grace!
ರಥ್ಯಾಚರ್ಪಟ ವಿರಚಿತ ಕನ್ಥಃ ಪುಣ್ಯಾಪುಣ್ಯ ವಿವರ್ಜಿತ ಪನ್ಥಃ । ಯೋಗೀ ಯೋಗನಿಯೋಜಿತ ಚಿತ್ತಃ ರಮತೇ ಬಾಲೋನ್ಮತ್ತವದೇವ ॥
Rathyacharpata virachita kanthah punyapunya vivarjita panthah Yogi yoganiyojita chittah ramate balonmattavadeva
ಅರ್ಥ:Clad in a quilt patched from rags of the street, walking a path beyond merit and demerit, the yogi with mind absorbed in yoga sports like a child or a madman.
ಕಸ್ತ್ವಂ ಕೋಽಹಂ ಕುತ ಆಯಾತಃ ಕಾ ಮೇ ಜನನೀ ಕೋ ಮೇ ತಾತಃ । ಇತಿ ಪರಿಭಾವಯ ಸರ್ವಮಸಾರಂ ವಿಶ್ವಂ ತ್ಯಕ್ತ್ವಾ ಸ್ವಪ್ನವಿಚಾರಮ್ ॥
Kastvam koham kuta ayatah ka me janani ko me tatah Iti paribhavaya sarvamasaram vishvam tyaktva svapnavicharam
ಅರ್ಥ:Who are you? Who am I? Whence have I come? Who is my mother, who my father? Thus reflect, and seeing this whole world as essenceless, like a dream, give it up.
ತ್ವಯಿ ಮಯಿ ಚಾನ್ಯತ್ರೈಕೋ ವಿಷ್ಣುಃ ವ್ಯರ್ಥಂ ಕುಪ್ಯಸಿ ಮಯ್ಯಸಹಿಷ್ಣುಃ । ಭವ ಸಮಚಿತ್ತಃ ಸರ್ವತ್ರ ತ್ವಂ ವಾಞ್ಛಸ್ಯಚಿರಾದ್ಯದಿ ವಿಷ್ಣುತ್ವಮ್ ॥
Tvayi mayi chanyatraiko vishnuh vyartham kupyasi mayyasahishnuh Bhava samachittah sarvatra tvam vanchhasyachiradyadi vishnutvam
ಅರ್ಥ:In you, in me and everywhere there is but the one Vishnu. In vain, impatient, you grow angry with me. If you would soon attain Vishnu-hood, be even-minded toward all.
ಶತ್ರೌ ಮಿತ್ರೇ ಪುತ್ರೇ ಬನ್ಧೌ ಮಾ ಕುರು ಯತ್ನಂ ವಿಗ್ರಹಸನ್ಧೌ । ಸರ್ವಸ್ಮಿನ್ನಪಿ ಪಶ್ಯಾತ್ಮಾನಂ ಸರ್ವತ್ರೋತ್ಸೃಜ ಭೇದಾಜ್ಞಾನಮ್ ॥
Shatrau mitre putre bandhau ma kuru yatnam vigrahasandhau Sarvasminnapi pashyatmanam sarvatrotsrija bhedajnanam
ಅರ್ಥ:Make no effort to quarrel with or befriend enemy, friend, son or kinsman. Seeing the Self in all, give up everywhere the ignorance of difference.
ಕಾಮಂ ಕ್ರೋಧಂ ಲೋಭಂ ಮೋಹಂ ತ್ಯಕ್ತ್ವಾಽಽತ್ಮಾನಂ ಪಶ್ಯತಿ ಸೋಽಹಮ್ । ಆತ್ಮಜ್ಞಾನವಿಹೀನಾ ಮೂಢಾಃ ತೇ ಪಚ್ಯನ್ತೇ ನರಕನಿಗೂಢಾಃ ॥
Kamam krodham lobham moham tyaktvatmanam pashyati soham Atmajnanavihina mudhah te pachyante narakanigudhah
ಅರ್ಥ:Renouncing desire, anger, greed and delusion, one sees the Self as 'I am That (So'ham).' Fools devoid of Self-knowledge are tormented, trapped in hells.
ಗೇಯಂ ಗೀತಾ ನಾಮಸಹಸ್ರಂ ಧ್ಯೇಯಂ ಶ್ರೀಪತಿ ರೂಪಮಜಸ್ರಮ್ । ನೇಯಂ ಸಜ್ಜನ ಸಙ್ಗೇ ಚಿತ್ತಂ ದೇಯಂ ದೀನಜನಾಯ ಚ ವಿತ್ತಮ್ ॥
Geyam gita namasahasram dhyeyam shripati rupamajasram Neyam sajjana sange chittam deyam dinajanaya cha vittam
ಅರ್ಥ:The Gita and the thousand Names are to be sung; the form of the Lord is ever to be meditated upon; the mind is to be led into the company of the good; and wealth is to be given to the needy.
ಸುಖತಃ ಕ್ರಿಯತೇ ಕಾಮಾಭೋಗಃ ಪಶ್ಚಾದನ್ತ ಶರೀರೇ ರೋಗಃ । ಯದ್ಯಪಿ ಲೋಕೇ ಮರಣಂ ಶರಣಂ ತದಪಿ ನ ಮುಞ್ಚತಿ ಪಾಪಾಚರಣಮ್ ॥
Sukhatah kriyate kamabhogah pashchadanta sharire rogah Yadyapi loke maranam sharanam tadapi na munchati papacharanam
ಅರ್ಥ:Pleasure is enjoyed readily — but afterwards, alas, disease afflicts the body. Though death is the end of all in this world, still one does not give up sinful conduct.
ಅರ್ಥಮನರ್ಥಂ ಭಾವಯ ನಿತ್ಯಂ ನಾಸ್ತಿತತಃ ಸುಖಲೇಶಃ ಸತ್ಯಮ್ । ಪುತ್ರಾದಪಿ ಧನಭಾಜಾಂ ಭೀತಿಃ ಸರ್ವತ್ರೈಷಾ ವಿಹಿತಾ ರೀತಿಃ ॥
Arthamanartham bhavaya nityam nastitatah sukhaleshah satyam Putradapi dhanabhajam bhitih sarvatraisha vihita ritih
ಅರ್ಥ:Reflect ever that wealth is calamitous; in truth there is not a particle of happiness in it. The wealthy dread even their own sons — such is the way of things everywhere.
ಪ್ರಾಣಾಯಾಮಂ ಪ್ರತ್ಯಾಹಾರಂ ನಿತ್ಯಾನಿತ್ಯ ವಿವೇಕವಿಚಾರಮ್ । ಜಾಪ್ಯಸಮೇತಸಮಾಧಿವಿಧಾನಂ ಕುರ್ವವಧಾನಂ ಮಹದವಧಾನಮ್ ॥
Pranayamam pratyaharam nityanitya vivekavicharam Japyasametasamadhividhanam kurvavadhanam mahadavadhanam
ಅರ್ಥ:Breath-control, withdrawal of the senses, discrimination between the eternal and the transient, and the practice of samadhi joined with japa — perform these with great care and heedfulness.
ಗುರುಚರಣಾಮ್ಬುಜ ನಿರ್ಭರಭಕ್ತಃ ಸಂಸಾರಾದಚಿರಾದ್ಭವ ಮುಕ್ತಃ । ಸೇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಮಾನಸ ನಿಯಮಾದೇವಂ ದ್ರಕ್ಷ್ಯಸಿ ನಿಜಹೃದಯಸ್ಥಂ ದೇವಮ್ ॥
Gurucharanambuja nirbharabhaktah samsaradachiradbhava muktah Sendriyamanasa niyamadevam drakshyasi nijahridayastham devam
ಅರ್ಥ:Devoted wholly to the lotus-feet of the Guru, become quickly freed from samsara. Thus, through discipline of the senses and mind, you shall behold the Deity dwelling in your own heart.
ಮೂಢಃ ಕಶ್ಚನ ವೈಯಾಕರಣೋ ಡುಃಕೃಙ್ಕರಣಾಧ್ಯಯನಧುರೀಣಃ । ಶ್ರೀಮಚ್ಛಙ್ಕರ ಭಗವಚ್ಛಿಷ್ಯೈಃ ಬೋಧಿತ ಆಸೀಚ್ಛೋಧಿತ ಕರಣಃ ॥
Mudhah kashchana vaiyakarano duhkrinkaranadhyayanadhurinah Shrimachchhankara bhagavachchhishyaih bodhita asichchhodhita karanah
ಅರ್ಥ:A certain dull-witted grammarian, engrossed in the study of grammatical rules, was set right and his understanding purified by the disciples of the venerable Bhagavan Shankara.
ಭಜ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಭಜ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಗೋವಿನ್ದಂ ಭಜ ಮೂಢಮತೇ । ನಾಮಸ್ಮರಣಾದನ್ಯಮುಪಾಯಂ ನಹಿ ಪಶ್ಯಾಮೋ ಭವತರಣೇ ॥
Bhaja govindam bhaja govindam govindam bhaja mudhamate Namasmaranadanyamupayam nahi pashyamo bhavatarane
ಅರ್ಥ:Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda, O foolish mind! For crossing the ocean of existence, we see no means other than the remembrance of the Lord's Name.
ಪದ-ಪದ ಅರ್ಥ
ಉಚ್ಚಾರಣೆ ಕೇಳಲು ಯಾವುದೇ ಪದವನ್ನು ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ
Bhaja Govindam ಪಾರಾಯಣದ ಪ್ರಯೋಜನಗಳು
Profound wake-up call for the mind lost in material pursuits
Cultivates vairagya (detachment) — the foundation of spiritual progress
Written by Adi Shankaracharya — the greatest philosopher-sage of India
Each verse is a complete meditation on the nature of life and death
Frees the mind from attachment to wealth, body and relationships
One of the most quoted philosophical texts in all of Hinduism
Bhaja Govindam ಪಾರಾಯಣ ವಿಧಿ
Bhaja Govindam is best read slowly, contemplating each verse deeply. It is not a mantra for rapid repetition but a philosophical meditation. Read one verse, close your eyes, and let its meaning penetrate. It is traditionally chanted in groups during satsang. The refrain 'Bhaja Govindam' should be felt as a direct call from the guru to your own wandering mind.
ಪದೇ ಪದೇ ಕೇಳುವ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳು
ಇವನ್ನೂ ಓದಿ
ॐ
ಪೂರ್ಣ Bhaja Govindamವನ್ನು ಶ್ಲೋಕ-ಶ್ಲೋಕ ಅರ್ಥದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಓದಿ, ಅಥವಾ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಪವಿತ್ರ ಪಾಠಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ