1. *BHAJA GOVINDAM OF ADI SHANKARA*
BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM
GOVINDAM BHAJA MUDHAMATE
SAMPRAAPTE SANNIHITE KALE
NA HI NA HI RAKSHATI DUKRINKARANE
Worship Govinda! Worship Govinda! Worship Govinda! Oh ignorant
man, When the time to go is near, the rules of grammar, which you
are trying to cram and master, will not protect you.
Verse 1:
DINAM-API RAJANI SAAYAM PRAATAH
SHISHIRA-VASANTOW PUNARAAYAATAH
KAALAH KREEDATI GACHCHATYAAYUH
TADAPI NA MUNCHATHYAASAAVAAYUH
Day and night, evening and morning, winter and spring, come again
and again! Tim rolls on; life is spent; yet the wind of desire does not
leave him.
Verse 2:
AGRE VAHNIH PRISHTE BHAANUH
RAATHROW CHIUBUKA-SAMARPITA-JAANUH
KARA-TALABHIKASHAS TARU-TALAVAASAH
TADAPI NA MUNCHATYAASHAAPAASAH
With a fire in front of him or the sun behind, huddled with his chin on
his knees at night, he begs for food with only his bare hands. He lives
under trees, yet the noose of desire does not leave him.
Verse 3:
YAAVAD-VITTOPAARJANA - SAKTHAH
TAAVANNIJA-PARIVAARO -RAKTHAH
PASCHAAD DHEEVATI JARJARA-DEHE
VAARTHAM PRICHCHATHI KOPI NA GEHE
As long as he is able to earn money, his relatives remain attached to
him. Later, when he dodders with his decrepit body, not even the
people in his own house ask for news of him.
Verse 4:
JATILO- MUNDI LUNCHITA-KESHAH
KAASHAAYAAMBARA- BAHU-KRITA-VESHAH
PASYANNAPI CHA NA PASYATI MOODHA
HIUDARA-NIMITAM BAHU-KRITA-VESHAH
With matted locks, a shaven head, or plucked hair, clad in many ways
with ochre-dyed clothes, such fools can see but they do not see (the
Truth). They are dressed in these different ways only for the sake of
their stomachs.
Verse 5:
BHAGAVADGEETA KINCHIDADHEETAA
GANGAA-JALA-LAVA-KANIKAA PEETAA
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SAKRIDAPI YASYA MURARI-SAMARCHAA
TASYA YAMAH KIM KURUTE CARCAM
If one has studied the Bhagawad Gita, even a little, or drunk the
tiniest drop of the waters of the holy Ganges or only once worshipped
Murari, what can Yama (the lord of death) say about him?
Verse 6:
ANGAM GALITAM PALITAM MUNDAM
DASANAVIHEENAM JAATAM TUNDAM
VRIDHDHO YAATI GRIHEETWA DANDAM
TADAPI NA MUNCHATYAASHAAPINDAM
When the body has drained, hair turned white, and a toothless mouth,
the old man walks supporting himself on a stick, yet the meat of
desire does not leave him.
Verse 7:
BAALAS-TAAVAT- KREEDAA- SAKTHAH
THARUNAS-TAAVAT- THARUNEE- RAKTHAH
VRIDDHAS-TAAVAT- CHINTHA-MAGNAH
TASMIN BRAHIMANI KOPI NA LAGNAH
In childhood, one is engaged in play; in Youth, one is attached to a
young woman; in old age, one is burdened with anxiety; but no one is
ever concerned with Brahman.
Verse 8:
PUNARAPI JANANAM PUNARAPI MARANAM
PUNARAPI JANANEE- JATARE SAYANAM
IHA SAMSAARE BAHU-DUSTAARE
KRIPAYAA(A)PAARE PAAHI MURARE
Born again, dying again, sleeping once again in a mother's belly - here
in this endless ocean of samsara (the world), which is difficult to cross,
protect me by your grace, O Murari.
Verse 9:
PUNARAPI RAJANI PUNARAPI DIVASAH
PUNARAPI PAKSAH PUNARAPI MASAH
PUNARAPYAYANAM PUNIRAPI VARSAM
TADAPI NA MUNCATYASAMARSAM.
Another night, another day, another two weeks, another month,
another half a year, and another year (all pass by), yet the passion of
desire does not leave you.
Verse 10:
VAYASI GATE KAH KAMA-VIKARAH
SHUSHKE NEERE, KAH KAASAARAH
NASTE DRAVYE KAH KASARAAH PARIVARO
GYNATE TATWE KAH SAMASARAH
When youth is gone, where is passion? Where the water dries up, can
there be a lake? Where wealth is lost, where are one's relatives? When
the Truth is known, where is this world?
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Verse 11:
NAAREE -STHANA-BHARA NABHEEDESAM
MITHYA- MAYA- MOHAVESAM
YETAN- MAAMSA-VASAADI- VIKAARAM
MANASI VICARAYA VAARAM- VAARAM
A woman burdened with breasts and (the act of) entering below the
navel are frenzied delusions brought on by deceitful Maya. Reflect in
your mind again and again that these are only modifications of flesh,
fat, and so on.
Verse 12:
KASTWAM KOHAM KUTA AAYAATAH
KAA ME JANANEE KO ME TAATAH
ITI PARIBHAVAYA SARVAM ASAARAM
VISWAM TYAKTWAA SWAPNA-VICHAARAM
Who are you? Who am I? From Where have I come from? Who is my
mother, who is my father? In this way, think of everything as
meaningless and renounce the world, knowing it to be just a dream.
Verse 13:
GEYAM GEETAA-NAAMA-SAHASRAM
DHYEYAM- SHREEPATI-ROOPAM AJASRAM
NEYAM SAJJANA-SANGE CHITTAM
DEYAM DEENA-JANAAYA CHA VITTAM
Recite the Gita; and the (Vishnu Sahasranama), meditate unceasingly
on the form of the Lord of Shri Vishnu, direct your mind to the
company of saintly beings, and give money to needy people.
Verse 14:
YAAVAJJIVO NIVASATI DEHE
KUSHALAM TAAVAT PRICHCHATI GEHE
GATAVATI VAAYO DEHAAPAAYE
BHAARYA BIBHYATI TASMIN KAAYE
The people in his house ask his well being as long as there is life in the
body, but when the breath has left his dead body, even his wife is
afraid of his corpse.
Verse 15:
SUKHATAH KRIYATE RAAMAABHOGAH
PASCHADDHANTA SHAREERE ROGAH
YADYAPI LOKE MARANAM SARANAM
TADAPI NA MUNJCHATI PAAPAACHARANAM
One who enjoys a beautiful woman with pleasure, but look - afterward
one's body becomes diseased. Although death is the only refuge in this
world, still one does not give up sinful conduct.
Verse 16:
RATHYAA-CHARPATA- VIRACHITA-KANTHAH
PUNYAAPUNYA -VIVARJITA-PANTHAH
NAHAM NA TVAM NAYAM LOKAS
TADAPI KIM- ARTHAM KRIYATE SOKAH
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With his clothes made of cast-off rags from along the road, a monk
follows the path that is beyond merit and demerit. Neither you nor I
nor this world exist, so why should he grieve?
Verse 17:
KURUTE GANGAA-SAAGARA-GAMANAM
VRATA-PARIPAALANAMATHAVAA DAANAM
JNANA-VIHEENAH SARVAMATENA
MUKTIM NA BHAJATI JANMA-SATENA
One may go where the holy Ganges flows into the sea, observe vows,
or give money in charity, yet by themselves these cannot release one
without knowledge - even in a hundred lives.
Verse 18.
MOODHA JAHEEHI DHANAAGAMATRISHNAAM
KURU SADBUDHIM MANASI VITRISHNAAM
YALLABHASE NIJAKARMOPAATHAM
VITHAM TENA VINODAYA CHITHAM
(Refrain from Verse 1 to be sung after every verse...BHAJA
GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM..........)
Oh, Fool! Give up your insatiable desire for earthly possessions; be
sensible and develop serenity and contentment. Be satisfied and
happy with whatever you may earn by the sweat of your brow and
whatever has destiny marked for your lot.
Verse19:
NALINEEDALAGATHA JALAMATITHARALAM
TADWAJJEEVITAMATHISHAYA CHAPALAM
VIDDHI VYADHYABHIMAANAGRASTAM
LOKAM SHOKAHATAM CHA SAMASTHAM
The water droplet on the lotus leaf is tremulous and unsteady. So too
is life, which is as uncertain. Know the body to be in the claws of
disease, which may swallow it at any moment. Life is ultimately
nothing but worry, misery and grief.
Verse20:
KAA TE KAANTAA KASTE PUTHRAH
SAMSAROYAMATEEVA VICHITRAH
KASYA TWAM KAH KUTHA AAYAATAH
TATWAM CHINTHAYA TADIHA BHARATAH
Who indeed is your beloved and who indeed is your son? Strange
indeed are these family bonds; who belong to you and to whom you
belong? Whence did you come, Oh brother! Reflect on the truth of it
all.
Verse21:
SATSANGATWE NISSANGATWAM
NISSANGATWE NIRMOHATWAM
NIRMOHATWE NISCHALATATWAM
NISCHALATATWE JEEVANMUKTHIH
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The company of the good weans one away from false attachments;
when attachment is lost, delusion ends; when delusion ends, the mind
becomes unwavering and steady. An unwavering and steady mind is
merited for Jeevan Mukti (liberation even in this life).
Verse 22:
MAA KURU DHANAJANAYOUVANAGARVAM
HARATI NIMESHAATKAALAH SARWAM
MAAYAAMAYAMIDAMAKHILAM HITHWA
BRAHMAPADAM TWAM PRAVISHA VIDITWA
The pleasures and riches of worldly life are deceptive appearances.
Understanding that they are all but a passing-show, be detached and
dispassionate, cultivate renunciation and seek Brahman.
Verse 23:
KAA TE KAANTAA DHANAGATACHINTAA
VAATULA KIM TAVA NAASTI NIYANTAA
TRIJAGATI SAJJANASANGATIREKAA
BHAVATI BHAVAARNAVATARANE NOUKAA
Crazy man! Why do you worry so much about your wife and property?
Why don't you seek out the Truth? Know that in these three worlds it
is only the association with the good and holy that can help you in
crossing safely the ocean of life.
Verse 24:
SURAMANDIRA TARUMOOLA NIVAASAH
SAIYAA BHOOTALAMAJINAM VAASAH
SARVAPARIGRAHA BHOGATYAAGAH
KASYA SUKHAM NA KAROTI VIRAAGAH
Who can disturb the peace and happiness of a man if he has the true
spirit of renunciation and has controlled his desires, even if he be the
poorest, sleeping only in the temple halls and choultries or under trees
or on the bare ground and just with a deer skin to cover.
Verse 25:
YOGARATO VAA BHOGARATO VAA
SANGARATO VAA SANGAVIHEENAH
YASYA BRAHMANI RAMATE CHITHAM
NANDATI NANDATI NANDATYEVA
Whether one is immersed in yoga or is reveling in bhoga (i.e., outward
enjoyment), whether he is enjoying himself in social company or has
retired into solitude, true happiness certainly cannot be his; but who
alone is reveling inwardly in Brahman, (wherever he be), he alone will
be truly happy and will verily enjoy.
Verse 26:
TWAYI MAYI CHAANYATRAIKO VISHNUH
VYARTHAM KUPYASI MAYYASAHISHNUH
BHAVA SAMACHITTAH SARVATRA TWAM
VANCHHASYASHIRAADYADI VISHNUTWA
In you, in me and everywhere, there is but the one Vishnu. Mistakenly
viewing me with a sense of difference, you are ill disposed towards
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me. Try to see in all beings only the Vishnu who is your own self. Give
up your false and egoistic sense of separateness from other beings.
Cultivate a sense of kinship, unity and oneness with all.
Verse 27:
SATROU MITRE PUTRE BANDHOU
MAA KURU YATNAM VIGRAHASANDHOU
SARVASMINNAPI PASYAATMAANAM
SARVATROTSRIJA BHEDAAJNYANA
Do not look at anybody in terms of friend or foe, brother or cousin; do
not fritter away your mental energies in thoughts of friendship or
enmity. Seeking the Self everywhere be amiable and equal-minded
towards all, treating all alike.
Verse 28:
KAAMAM KRODHAM LOBHAM MOHAM
TYAKTWAA TMAANAM PASHYATI SOHAM
AATMAJNANA VIHEENAA MUDAAH
TE PASYANTE NARAKANIGOODAAH
Free yourself from lust, anger, greed and delusion. Contemplate on
'who you are'. Enquire within yourself, who am I? The fools who fail to
apprehend the Self are caught in hell-fire even here and now itself and
suffer torture.
Verse 29:
ARTHAMANARTHAM BHAAVAYA NITHYAM
NAASTI TATAH SUKHALESAH SATHYAM
PUTHRAADAPI DHANABHAAJAAM BHEETIH
SARVATRAISHA VIHITA REETIH
It is wealth only that causes all harm and brings about one's ruin. Bear
this truth in mind always. Know that the pursuit of wealth does not
lead one to happiness at all. The rich fear and are even afraid of their
own sons. This is the outcome of riches anywhere and ever.
Verse 30:
PRAANAAYAAMAM PRATYAAHAARAM
NITYAANITYA VIVEKAVICHAARAM
JAAPYASAMETA SAMAADHIVIDHAANAM
KURVAVADHAANAM MAHADAVADHAANAM
Regulated breathing and sense control, discrimination between the
Enduring and the fleeting, the Eternal and the transient, Japa and
meditation, and submerging of the bodily and mental consciousness in
the Consciousness of the Spirit, merging oneself into the total Inner
Silence -- one must practice these with unrelenting fervor.
Verse 31:
GURUCHARANAAMBUJA NIRBHARABHAKTHAH
SAMSAARAADACHIRAADHAVA MUKTHAH
SENDRIYA MAANASA NIYAMAADEVAM
DRAKSHYASI NIJAHRIDAYASTHAM DEVAM
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Surrender yourself to the Lotus Feet of the Guru; with your senses and
mind disciplined, and freed from the shackles of Samsara you will
behold the Lord who is seated in your heart.
"SEEK GOVINDA, SEEK GOD, BHAJA GOVINDAM", IN THIS
REFRAIN COMPRISING OF TWO WORDS, SRI SANKARA, HAS SUMMED
UP IN A NUTSHELL AS IT WERE, THE ENTIRE PREACHING OF
VEDANTA AND RELIGION FOR THE REDEMPTION OF MANKIND. IT
GIVES US THE KEY FOR ENTERING INTO THE REALM OF BLISS,
THE ABODE OF GOVINDA AND FOR TERMINATING THE MISERY
OF LIFE WE ARE IN AT PRESENT.
Vishnu Shatpadi
Author: śankarācārya
avinayamapanaya viṣṇo damaya manaḥ śamaya viṣayamṛgatṛṣṇām |
bhūtadayāṃ vistāraya tāraya saṃsārasāgarataḥ || 1 ||
divyadhunīmakarande parimaḷaparibhogasaccidānande |
śrīpatipadāravinde bhavabhayakhedacchide vande || 2 ||
satyapi bhedāpagame nātha tavāஉ haṃ na māmakīnastvam |
sāmudro hi taraṅgaḥ kvacana samudro na tāraṅgaḥ || 3 ||
uddhṛtanaga nagabhidanuja danujakulāmitra mitraśaśidṛṣṭe |
dṛṣṭe bhavati prabhavati na bhavati kiṃ bhavatiraskāraḥ || 4 ||
matsyādibhiravatārairavatāravatāஉ vatā sadā vasudhām |
parameśvara paripālyo bhavatā bhavatāpabhītoஉ ham || 5 ||
dāmodara guṇamandira sundaravadanāravinda govinda |
bhavajaladhimathanamandara paramaṃ daramapanaya tvaṃ me || 6 ||
nārāyaṇa karuṇāmaya śaraṇaṃ karavāṇi tāvakau caraṇau |
iti ṣaṭpadī madīye vadanasaroje sadā vasatu ||
Shiva Panchakshara Stotram Lyrics - Shiva Panchakshara Mantra Lyrics
Nagendra haraya Trilochanaya,
Basmanga ragaya maheswaraya,
Nithyaya shudhaya digambaraya,
Tasmai 'Na'karaya namashivaya.
Mandakini salila chandana charchithaya,
Nandeeswara pramadha nadha maheswaraya,
Mandra pushpa bahu pushpa supoojithaya,
Tasmai 'Ma'karaya namashivaya.
Shivaaya gowri vadanara vinda,
Sooryaya daksha dwara naasakaya,
Sri neela kantaya vrisha dwajaya,
Tasmai 'Si'karaya namashivaya.
Vasishta kumbhodhbhava gowthamadhi.
Munendra devarchitha shekaraya,
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Chandrarka vaiswanara lochanaya,
Tasmai 'Va'karaya namashivaya.
Yaksha swaroopaya jada dharaya,
Pinaka hasthathaya sanathanaya,
Divyaya devaaya digambaraya,
Tasmai 'Ya'karaya namashivaya.
Phalasruthi
Panchaksharamidham punyam,
Ya padeth Shiva sannidhou,
Shivaloka maapnothi,
Shive na saha modathe.
Hanumath Pancharatnam
Veethakhila vishayecham, Jathanandaasru pulakamathyacham,
Seethapathi dhoothakhyam, Vathathmajamadhya bhavaye hrudhyam.
I think about the son of Vayu in my mind,
Who is devoid of all desires of enjoyment,
Who sheds copious tears of joy,
Whose hair stands erect at His thought,
And who is the great emissary of the Lord of Sita
Tharu aruna Muka kamalam, karuna rasa poora poorithapangam,
Saajeevanamaasase manjula mahimana manjana Bhagyam.
All my life I yearn to see that Hanuman,
Who is the good fortune of Anjana,
Whose face is as red as the rising Sun,
Whose glances are full of the mercy,
Who brought back the dead in the battle,
And whose fame is great.
Sambhara vairi saradhigamambudala vipula lochanadhaaram,
Kambu gala niladishtam bimba jwalithoshta mekamalambhe
My only refuge is Hanuman,
Who had reddish lips like the Bimba fruit,
Who is the enemy of the arrows of Manmatha,
Who has broad eyes like lotus leaves,
And whose neck is like a conch.
Dhoorikrutha seetharthi, prakati krutha Rama Vaibhava spohoorthi,
Daritha dasa mukha keerthi, puratho mama bhathu Hanumatho Murthy.
Let the form of Hanuman,
Which drove away the sorrow of Sita,
Which made known the prowess of Rama,
And which destroyed the fame of ten headed Ravana,
Shine before me.
Vanara nikaradhyaksham, dhanava kula kumudha ravikara sadruksham,
Dheena janavana dheeksham pavana paka ambuja madraksham.
I Saw Lord Hanuman,
Who is the result of penance of God of wind,
Who is the leader of all monkeys,
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Who is similar to the Sun God to water lily,
To the hoards of Rakshasas,
And who is he protector of the suffering humans.
Ethath pavana suthasya stotram,
Ya patathi pancha rathnakhyam,
Chiramiha nikhilan bhogan bhukthwa,
Sri Rama Bhakthiman Bhavathi.
He who reads these five gems,
Which are the poems of praise of,
The son of God of wind,
Would become a devotee of Lord Rama,
And would enjoy his life for a long time.
Sri Annapurna Ashtakam Lyrics –
Nithyaananda kari,Varaa abhya karee,
Soundarya rathnaakaree,
Nirddhotahakila ghora pavaanakaree,
Prathyaksha Maheswaree,
Praaleyachala vamsa pavavakaree,
Kasi puraadheeswaree,
Bhikshaam dehi, krupaa valambana karee,
Mathaa Annapurneswaree.
Naana rathna vichitra bhooshana karee,
Hemaambaradambaree,
Mukthaa haara vilamba maana vilasa,
Dwakshoja kumbaan dharee,
Kasmeera garu vasithaa ruchi karee,
Kasi puraadheeswaree,
Bhikshaam dehi, krupaa valambana karee,
Mathaa Annapurneswaree
Yogaanandakaree ripu kshyakaree,
Dharman artha nishtaakaree,
Chandrarkaanala bhasa maana laharee,
Trilokya rakshaa karee,
Sarvaiswarya samastha vaanchithakaree,
Kasi puraadheeswaree,
Bhikshaam dehi, krupaa valambana karee,
Mathaa Annapurneswaree
Kailaasaachala kandharaa laya karee,
Gowree , umaa sankaree,
Kaumaree nigamartha gochara karee,
Omkara beejaksharee,
Moksha dwaara kavata patana karee,
Kasi puraadheeswaree,
Bhikshaam dehi, krupaa valambana karee,
Mathaa Annapurneswaree
Drusyaa drusya vibhootha vahana karee,
Brhmaanda bhando dharee,
Leelaa nataka suthra kelana karee,
Vijnana deeptham guree,
Sree viswesa mana prasaadhana karee,
Kasi puraadheeswaree,
Bhikshaam dehi, krupaa valambana karee,
Mathaa Annapurneswaree
