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bhaja govindam

Krishna
| Stotram
| by Adi Shankaracharya
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate samprāpte sannihite kāle na hi na hi rakṣati ḍukṛñ karaṇe mūḍha jahīhi dhanāgamatṛṣṇāṃ kuru sadbuddhiṃ manasi vitṛṣṇām yallabhase nijakarmopāttaṃ vittaṃ tena vinodaya cittam nārīstanabharanābhīdeśaṃ dṛṣṭvā mā gā mohāveśam etanmāṃsāvasādi vikāraṃ manasi vicintaya vāraṃ vāram nalinīdalagatajalamatitaralaṃ tadvajjīvitamatiśayacapalam viddhi vyādhyabhimānagrastaṃ lokaṃ śokahataṃ ca samastam yāvadvittopārjana-saktaḥ tāvannija-parivāro raktaḥ paścājjīvati jarjaradehe vārtāṃ ko'pi na pṛcchati gehe yāvat pavano nivasati dehe tāvat pṛcchati kuśalaṃ gehe gatavati vāyau dehāpāye bhāryā bibhyati tasmin kāye bālastāvatkrīḍāsaktaḥ taruṇastāvattaruṇīsaktaḥ vṛddhastāvaccintāsaktaḥ pare brahmaṇi ko'pi na saktaḥ kā te kāntā kaste putraḥ saṃsāro'yamatīva vicitraḥ kasya tvaṃ kaḥ kuta āyātaḥ tattvaṃ cintaya tadiha bhrātaḥ satsaṅgatve niḥsaṅgatvaṃ niḥsaṅgatve nirmohatvam nirmohatve niścalitattvaṃ niścalitattve jīvana-muktiḥ vayasi gate kaḥ kāmavikāraḥ śuṣke nīre kaḥ kāsāraḥ kṣīṇe vitte kaḥ parivāraḥ jñāte tattve kaḥ saṃsāraḥ mā kuru dhanajanayauvanagarvaṃ harati nimeṣāt kālaḥ sarvam māyāmayamidamakhilaṃ hitvā brahmapadaṃ tvaṃ praviśa viditvā dinayāminyau sāyaṃ prātaḥ śiśiravasantau punarāyātaḥ kālaḥ krīḍati gacchatyāyuḥ tadapi na muñcatyāśāvāyuḥ dvādaśamañjarikābhiraśeṣaḥ kathito vaiyākaraṇasyaiṣaḥ upadeśo bhūdvidyānipuṇaiḥ śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavaccharaṇaiḥ kā te kāntā dhanagatacintā vātula kiṃ tava nāsti niyantā trijagati sajjanasaṅgatirekā bhavati bhavārṇavataraṇe naukā jaṭilo muṇḍī luñchitakeśaḥ kāṣāyāmbarabahukṛtaveṣaḥ paśyannapi cana paśyati mūḍhaḥ udaranimittaṃ bahukṛtaveṣaḥ aṅgaṃ galitaṃ palitaṃ muṇḍaṃ daśanavihīnaṃ jātaṃ tuṇḍam vṛddho yāti gṛhītvā daṇḍaṃ tadapi na muñcatyāśāpiṇḍam agre vahniḥ pṛṣṭhe bhānuḥ rātrau cubukasamarpitajānuḥ karatalabhikṣastarutalavāsaḥ tadapi na muñcatyāśāpāśaḥ kurute gaṅgāsāgaragamanaṃ vrataparipālanamathavā dānam jñānavihīnaḥ sarvamatena muktiṃ na bhajati janmaśatena suramandira-tarumūla-nivāsaḥ śayyā bhūtalamajinaṃ vāsaḥ sarva-parigraha bhogatyāgaḥ kasya sukhaṃ na karoti virāgaḥ yogarato vā bhogarato vā saṅgarato vā saṅgavihīnaḥ yasya brahmaṇi ramate cittaṃ nandati nandati nandatyeva bhagavadgītā kiñcidadhītā gaṅgājalalava-kaṇikā pītā sakṛdapi yena murāri samarcā kriyate tasya yamena na carcā punarapi jananaṃ punarapi maraṇaṃ punarapi jananī-jaṭhare śayanam iha saṃsāre bahudustāre kṛpayā'pāre pāhi murāre rathyā-carpaṭa-viracita-kanthaḥ puṇyāpuṇya-vivarjita-panthaḥ yogī yoganiyojita citto ramate bālonmattavadeva kastvaṃ ko'haṃ kuta āyātaḥ kā me jananī ko me tātaḥ iti paribhāvaya sarvamasāraṃ viśvaṃ tyaktvā svapnavicāram tvayi mayi cānyatraiko viṣṇuḥ vyarthaṃ kupyasi mayyasahiṣṇuḥ sarvasminnapi paśyātmānaṃ sarvatrotsṛja bhedājñānam śatrau mitre putre bandhau mā kuru yatnaṃ vigrahasandhau bhava samacittaḥ sarvatra tvaṃ vāñchasyacirādyadi viṣṇutvam kāmaṃ krodhaṃ lobhaṃ mohaṃ tyaktvā''tmānaṃ bhāvaya ko'ham ātmajñānavihīnā mūḍhāḥ te pacyante narakanigūḍhāḥ geyaṃ gītā nāmasahasraṃ dhyeyaṃ śrīpati-rūpamajasram neyaṃ sajjana-saṅge cittaṃ deyaṃ dīnajanāya ca vittam sukhataḥ kriyate rāmābhogaḥ paścāddhanta śarīre rogaḥ yadyapi loke maraṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ tadapi na muñcati pāpācaraṇam arthamanarthaṃ bhāvaya nityaṃ nāsti tataḥ sukhaleśaḥ satyam putrādapi dhanabhājāṃ bhītiḥ sarvatraiṣā vihitā rītiḥ prāṇāyāmaṃ pratyāhāraṃ nityānitya-vivekavicāram jāpyasameta-samādhividhānaṃ kurvavadhānaṃ mahadavadhānam gurucaraṇāmbuja-nirbhara-bhaktaḥ saṃsārādacirādbhava muktaḥ sendriyamānasa-niyamādevaṃ drakṣyasi nijahṛdayasthaṃ devam mūḍhaḥ kaścana vaiyākaraṇo ḍukṛñkaraṇādhyayana-dhuriṇaḥ śrīmacchaṅkara-bhagavacchiṣyaiḥ bodhita āsicchodhitakaraṇaḥ bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate nāmasmaraṇādanyamupāyaṃ na hi paśyāmo bhavataraṇe
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