Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya's BHAJA GOVINDAM -1.6. MOHA-MUDGARA - BHAJA GOVINDAM ( SEEK GOVIND ) - Swami Chinmayananda.

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15/02/2020.
MOHA-MUDGARA -  1. BAJA GOVINDAM ( SEEK GOVIND ) -6.

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"Bhaja Govindam Bhaja Govindam
Govindam Bhaja Mudhamate,
Samprapte Sannihite Kale
Na Hi Na Hi Rakkshati Dukrn Karane."
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Bhaja - seek,
Govindam - the Paramatma,
Bhaja - seek,
Govindam - the Paramatma,
Govindam - the Paramatma,
Bhaje - seek,
Mudhamate - O Fool!
Samprapte - ( When ) comes,
Sannihite -appointed,
Kale - time ( death ),
Na Hi - surely never,
Na Hi - surely never,
Rakshate - saves,
Dukrn Karane - grammar rule to do.
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Translation :

"Seek Govind, Seek Govind, Seek Govind, O Fool! When the appointed time comes ( death ), grammar - rules surely will not save you."
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4.

The term 'Govinda', to indicate Maha Vishnu, appears twice in the *'Vishnu Sahasranamam' ( *In the 33rd and 71st stanzas ).

In Swami ji 's commentary explains this term etymologically to mean four different ways the same Highest Reality, the Supreme Brahmam.

Swami ji dissolves the word 'Govinda' in the following four ways :

1. He who finds or knows the earth - meaning, one who has realised the substratum  upon which the world-play is going on;
2. He who is the Lord of the cattle - not only as the Cowherd - boy of Gokulam, as the very Life-giving Factor behind all animal - passions, and the very Essence behind the living kingdom;
3. He who confers speech* - the very power because of which all living creatures, through the medium of speech, convey knowledge mutually to each other, be it in the braying of an ass, the barking of a dog, or the thunderous eloquence of a speaker; and

(*Yadvacanabhyuditam Yena Vagabhyuduate.
  Tadeva Brahma Tvam Viddhi Nedam Yadidamupasate.
  Kena Upanishad.)

4. He who is known through the Veda - texts - the very Supreme Reality indicated by the Great Statements ( Maha Vakyas ).
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In short 'Govinda' stands for the Essence ( Tattvam ), the Atman, which is the Truth behind the ever-changing flux of things, that constitute the universe of our experiences.
Govinda is the Brahmam of the Upanishads.
He is the Reality, the Great God.
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Therefore, Bhaja Govinam means "Seek your identity with Govinda, the Supreme", and do not waste your time in mere grammar-hunting and in such other really unprofitable pursuits of secular knowledge, of worldly possessions, of ephemeral fame, and of passing joys.
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"Mudha jahihi Danaggamtrshnam
Kuru Sadbuddhim Manasi Vitrshnam."
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