Bhaja Govindam (Moha Mudagaram) - Grantha

Oh fool! Give up your thirst to amass wealth, devote your mind to thoughts to the Real. Be content with what comes through actions already performed in the past.

𑌨𑌾𑌰𑍀𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌭𑌰-𑌨𑌾𑌭𑍀𑌦𑍇𑌶𑌂
𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌮𑌾 𑌗𑌾 𑌮𑍋𑌹𑌾𑌵𑍇𑌶𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌏𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌂𑌸𑌵𑌸𑌾𑌦𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌂
𑌮𑌨𑌸𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌚𑌿𑌂𑌤𑌯 𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌮𑍍 ॥ 3 ॥

Do not get drowned in delusion by going wild with passions and lust by seeing a woman's navel and chest. These are nothing but a modification of flesh. Fail not to remember this again and again in your mind.

𑌨𑌲𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌦𑌲-𑌗𑌤𑌜𑌲𑌮𑌤𑌿𑌤𑌰𑌲𑌂
𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌜𑍍𑌜𑍀𑌵𑌿𑌤𑌮𑌤𑌿𑌶𑌯-𑌚𑌪𑌲𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌭𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌂
𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌂 𑌶𑍋𑌕𑌹𑌤𑌂 𑌚 𑌸𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍 ॥ 4 ॥

The life of a person is as uncertain as rain drops trembling on a lotus leaf. Know that the whole world remains prey to disease, ego and grief.

𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌪𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌨𑌸𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌃
𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌜𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍋 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌃 ।
𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌜𑍀𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌜𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌰𑌦𑍇𑌹𑍇
𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑍋𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌨 𑌪𑍃𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌿 𑌗𑍇𑌹𑍇 ॥ 5 ॥

So long as a man is fit and able to support his family, see what affection all those around him show. But no one at home cares to even have a word with him when his body totters due to old age.

𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌵𑌨𑍋 𑌨𑌿𑌵𑌸𑌤𑌿 𑌦𑍇𑌹𑍇
𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍃𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑍁𑌶𑌲𑌂 𑌗𑍇𑌹𑍇 ।
𑌗𑌤𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑌾𑌯𑍌 𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌯𑍇
𑌭𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌬𑌿𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌯𑍇 ॥ 6 ॥

When one is alive, his family members enquire kindly about his welfare. But when the soul departs from the body, even his wife runs away in fear of the corpse.

𑌬𑌾𑌲𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌡𑌾𑌸𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌃
𑌤𑌰𑍁𑌣𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌰𑍁𑌣𑍀𑌸𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌃 ।
𑌵𑍃𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌸𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌃
𑌪𑌰𑌮𑍇 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌣𑌿 𑌕𑍋𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌨 𑌸𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌃 ॥ 𑍭 ॥

The childhood is lost by attachment to playfulness. Youth is lost by attachment to woman. Old age passes away by thinking over many things. But there is hardly anyone who wants to be lost in parabrahman.

𑌕𑌾 𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾 𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌃
𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍋𑌽𑌯𑌮𑌤𑍀𑌵 𑌵𑌿𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌃 ।
𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌕𑌃 𑌕𑍁𑌤 𑌆𑌯𑌾𑌤𑌃
𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌚𑌿𑌂𑌤𑌯 𑌤𑌦𑌿𑌹 𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌃 ॥ 𑍮 ॥

Who is your wife? Who is your son? Strange is this samsAra, the world. Of whom are you? From where have you come? Brother, ponder over these truths.

𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌤𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌨𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂
𑌨𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌤𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍋𑌹𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍋𑌹𑌤𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌨𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌲𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂
𑌨𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌲𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌜𑍀𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃 ॥ 𑍯 ॥

From satsanga, company of good people, comes non-attachment, from non-attachment comes freedom from delusion, which leads to self-settledness. From self-settledness comes the ultimate liberation.

𑌵𑌯𑌸𑌿 𑌗𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑌃 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌃
𑌶𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌕𑍇 𑌨𑍀𑌰𑍇 𑌕𑌃 𑌕𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌃 ।
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌣𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌃
𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌤𑍇 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌕𑌃 𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌃 ॥ 10 ॥

What good is lust when youth has fled?
What use is a lake which has no water?
Where are the relatives when wealth is gone?
Where is samsAra, the world, when the Truth is known?

𑌮𑌾 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁 𑌧𑌨-𑌜𑌨-𑌯𑍌𑌵𑌨-𑌗𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌂
𑌹𑌰𑌤𑌿 𑌨𑌿𑌮𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌮𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌯𑌮𑌿𑌦𑌮𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌂 𑌹𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾
𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌪𑌦𑌂 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌶 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾 ॥ 11 ॥

Do not boast of wealth, friends, and youth. Each one of these is destroyed within a minute of time. Free yourself from the illusion of the world of Maya and attain the timeless Truth.

𑌦𑌿𑌨𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌯𑍌 𑌸𑌾𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌃
𑌶𑌿𑌶𑌿𑌰𑌵𑌸𑌂𑌤𑍌 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌤𑌃 ।
𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌃 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌡𑌤𑌿 𑌗𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌯𑍁𑌃
𑌤𑌦𑌪𑌿 𑌨 𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌚𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌶𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌯𑍁𑌃 ॥ 12 ॥

Daylight and darkness, dusk and dawn, winter and springtime come and go. Time plays and life ebbs away. But the storm of desire never leaves.

𑌕𑌾 𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾 𑌧𑌨𑌗𑌤𑌚𑌿𑌂𑌤𑌾
𑌵𑌾𑌤𑍁𑌲 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌤𑌵 𑌨𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌨𑌿𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌾 ।
𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌜𑌗𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌨𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌤𑌿𑌰𑍇𑌕𑌾
𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌭𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌵𑌤𑌰𑌣𑍇 𑌨𑍌𑌕𑌾 ॥ 13 ॥

Oh mad man! Why this engrossment in thoughts of wealth? Is there no one to guide you? There is only one thing in three worlds that can save you from the ocean of samsAra, get into the boat of satsanga, company of good people, quickly.

𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌦𑌶-𑌮𑌂𑌜𑌰𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌰𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌃
𑌕𑌥𑌿𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑍈𑌯𑌾𑌕𑌰𑌣𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍈𑌷𑌃 ।
𑌉𑌪𑌦𑍇𑌶𑍋𑌽𑌭𑍂𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾-𑌨𑌿𑌪𑍁𑌣𑍈𑌃
𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌂𑌕𑌰-𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌰𑌣𑍈𑌃 ॥ 14 ॥

This bouquet of twelve verses (2-13) was imparted to a grammarian by the all-knowing Shankara, adored as the bhagavadpada.
The following 14 form 𑌚𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌶𑌮𑌂𑌜𑌰𑌿𑌕𑌾.

𑌜𑌟𑌿𑌲𑍋 𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌡𑍀 𑌲𑍁𑌂𑌛𑌿𑌤𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌃
𑌕𑌾𑌷𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌂𑌬𑌰-𑌬𑌹𑍁𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌵𑍇𑌷𑌃 ।
𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌪𑌿 𑌚 𑌨 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑍂𑌢𑌃
𑌉𑌦𑌰𑌨𑌿𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌬𑌹𑍁𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌵𑍇𑌷𑌃 ॥ 15 ॥

There are many who go with matted locks, many who have clean shaven heads, many whose hairs have been plucked out; some are clothed in orange, yet others in various colors -all just for a livelihood. Seeing truth revealed before them, still the foolish ones see it not.

𑌅𑌂𑌗𑌂 𑌗𑌲𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌪𑌲𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌡𑌂
𑌦𑌶𑌨𑌵𑌿𑌹𑍀𑌨𑌂 𑌜𑌾𑌤𑌂 𑌤𑍁𑌂𑌡𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌵𑍃𑌦𑍍𑌧𑍋 𑌯𑌾𑌤𑌿 𑌗𑍃𑌹𑍀𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌦𑌂𑌡𑌂
𑌤𑌦𑌪𑌿 𑌨 𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌚𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌶𑌾𑌪𑌿𑌂𑌡𑌮𑍍 ॥ 16 ॥

Strength has left the old man's body; his head has become bald, his gums toothless and leaning on crutches. Even then the attachment is strong and he clings firmly to fruitless desires.

𑌅𑌗𑍍𑌰𑍇 𑌵𑌹𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌃 𑌪𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌠𑍇 𑌭𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌃
𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍌 𑌚𑍁𑌬𑍁𑌕-𑌸𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌤-𑌜𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌃 ।
𑌕𑌰𑌤𑌲-𑌭𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌲𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌃
𑌤𑌦𑌪𑌿 𑌨 𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌚𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌶𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌶𑌃 ॥ 1𑍭 ॥

Behold there lies the man who sits warming up his body with the fire in front and the sun at the back; at night he curls up the body to keep out of the cold; he eats his beggar's food from the bowl of his hand and sleeps beneath the tree. Still in his heart, he is a wretched puppet at the hands of passions.

𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌤𑍇 𑌗𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌗𑌰𑌗𑌮𑌨𑌂
𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌤-𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌨𑌮𑌥𑌵𑌾 𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌵𑌿𑌹𑍀𑌨𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌤𑍇𑌨
𑌭𑌜𑌤𑌿 𑌨 𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌂 𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌶𑌤𑍇𑌨 ॥ 1𑍮 ॥

One may go to Ganga river, observe fasts, and give away riches in charity ! Yet, devoid of the true knowledge, nothing can give mukti even at the end of a hundred births.

𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌮𑌂𑌦𑌿𑌰-𑌤𑌰𑍁-𑌮𑍂𑌲-𑌨𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌃
𑌶𑌯𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌲𑌮𑌜𑌿𑌨𑌂 𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌃 ।
𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵-𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹-𑌭𑍋𑌗𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌗𑌃
𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌨 𑌕𑌰𑍋𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌗𑌃 ॥ 1𑍯 ॥

Take your residence in a temple or below a tree, wear the deerskin for the dress, and sleep with mother earth as your bed. Give up all attachments and renounce all comforts. Blessed with such vairgya, could any fail to be content?

𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌰𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑌾 𑌭𑍋𑌗𑌰𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑌾
𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌰𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑌾 𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌵𑌿𑌹𑍀𑌨𑌃 ।
𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌣𑌿 𑌰𑌮𑌤𑍇 𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌂
𑌨𑌂𑌦𑌤𑌿 𑌨𑌂𑌦𑌤𑌿 𑌨𑌂𑌦𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌵 ॥ 20 ॥

One may take delight in yoga or bhoga, may have attachment or detachment. But only he whose mind steadily delights in Brahman enjoys bliss, no one else.

𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌦𑍍𑌗𑍀𑌤𑌾 𑌕𑌿𑌂𑌚𑌿𑌦𑌧𑍀𑌤𑌾
𑌗𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌜𑌲-𑌲𑌵𑌕𑌣𑌿𑌕𑌾 𑌪𑍀𑌤𑌾 ।
𑌸𑌕𑍃𑌦𑌪𑌿 𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌮𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌸𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌚𑌾
𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌯𑌮𑍇𑌨 𑌨 𑌚𑌰𑍍𑌚𑌾 ॥ 21 ॥

Let a man read but a little from bhagavadgItA, drink just a drop of water from the Ganges, worship but once murAri. He then will have no altercation with Yama.

𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑌪𑌿 𑌜𑌨𑌨𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑌪𑌿 𑌮𑌰𑌣𑌂
𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑌪𑌿 𑌜𑌨𑌨𑍀𑌜𑌠𑌰𑍇 𑌶𑌯𑌨𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌇𑌹 𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌬𑌹𑍁𑌦𑍁𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍇
𑌕𑍃𑌪𑌯𑌾𑌽𑌪𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌪𑌾𑌹𑌿 𑌮𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍇 ॥ 22 ॥

Born again, death again, again to stay in the mother's womb! It is indeed hard to cross this boundless ocean of samsAra. Oh Murari! Redeem me through Thy mercy.

𑌰𑌥𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌚𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌟-𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌚𑌿𑌤-𑌕𑌂𑌥𑌃
𑌪𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯-𑌵𑌿𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌿𑌤-𑌪𑌂𑌥𑌃 ।
𑌯𑍋𑌗𑍀 𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌨𑌿𑌯𑍋𑌜𑌿𑌤-𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌃
𑌰𑌮𑌤𑍇 𑌬𑌾𑌲𑍋𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌵𑌦𑍇𑌵 ॥ 23 ॥

There is no shortage of clothing for a monk so long as there are rags cast off the road. Freed from vices and virtues, onward he wanders. One who lives in communion with god enjoys bliss, pure and uncontaminated, like a child and as an intoxicated.

𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌕𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌤 𑌆𑌯𑌾𑌤𑌃
𑌕𑌾 𑌮𑍇 𑌜𑌨𑌨𑍀 𑌕𑍋 𑌮𑍇 𑌤𑌾𑌤𑌃 ।
𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌂
𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌪𑍍𑌨𑌵𑌿𑌚𑌾𑌰𑌮𑍍 ॥ 24 ॥

Who are you? Who am I? From where do I come? Who is my mother, who is my father? Ponder thus, look at everything as essence-less and give up the world as an idle dream.

𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌿 𑌮𑌯𑌿 𑌚𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍈𑌕𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍁𑌃
𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌿 𑌮𑌯𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌹𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍁𑌃 ।
𑌭𑌵 𑌸𑌮𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂
𑌵𑌾𑌂𑌛𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌚𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍍 ॥ 25 ॥

In me, in you and in everything, none but the same Vishnu dwells. Your anger and impatience is meaningless. If you wish to attain the status of Vishnu, have samabhAva, equanimity, always.

𑌶𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍌 𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇 𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇 𑌬𑌂𑌧𑍌
𑌮𑌾 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁 𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌨𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹𑌸𑌂𑌧𑍌 ।
𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌪𑌿 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌂
𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍃𑌜 𑌭𑍇𑌦𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌮𑍍 ॥ 26 ॥

Waste not your efforts to win the love of or to fight against friend and foe, children and relatives. See yourself in everyone and give up all feelings of duality completely.

𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌂 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌧𑌂 𑌲𑍋𑌭𑌂 𑌮𑍋𑌹𑌂
𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌽𑌽𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌆𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌵𑌿𑌹𑍀𑌨𑌾 𑌮𑍂𑌢𑌾𑌃
𑌤𑍇 𑌪𑌚𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌰𑌕𑌨𑌿𑌗𑍂𑌢𑌾𑌃 ॥ 2𑍭 ॥

Give up lust, anger, infatuation, and greed. Ponder over your real nature. Fools are they who are blind to the Self. Cast into hell, they suffer there endlessly.

𑌗𑍇𑌯𑌂 𑌗𑍀𑌤𑌾-𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌸𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌰𑌂
𑌧𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌯𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌪𑌤𑌿-𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌮𑌜𑌸𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌨𑍇𑌯𑌂 𑌸𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌨-𑌸𑌂𑌗𑍇 𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌂
𑌦𑍇𑌯𑌂 𑌦𑍀𑌨𑌜𑌨𑌾𑌯 𑌚 𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2𑍮 ॥

Regularly recite from the Gita, meditate on Vishnu in your heart, and chant His thousand glories. Take delight to be with the noble and the holy. Distribute your wealth in charity to the poor and the needy.

𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌭𑍋𑌗𑌃
𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌦𑌂𑌤 𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰𑍇 𑌰𑍋𑌗𑌃 ।
𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌪𑌿 𑌲𑍋𑌕𑍇 𑌮𑌰𑌣𑌂 𑌶𑌰𑌣𑌂
𑌤𑌦𑌪𑌿 𑌨 𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌚𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌚𑌰𑌣𑌮𑍍 ॥ 2𑍯 ॥

He who yields to lust for pleasure leaves his body a prey to disease. Though death brings an end to everything, man does not give-up the sinful path.

𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌮𑌨𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂
𑌨𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌤𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌲𑍇𑌶𑌃 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌦𑌪𑌿 𑌧𑌨𑌭𑌾𑌜𑌾𑌂 𑌭𑍀𑌤𑌿𑌃
𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍈𑌷𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌾 𑌰𑍀𑌤𑌿𑌃 ॥ 30 ॥

Wealth is not welfare, truly there is no joy in it. Reflect thus at all times. A rich man fears even his own son. This is the way of wealth everywhere.

𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌂
𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯 𑌵𑌿𑌵𑍇𑌕𑌵𑌿𑌚𑌾𑌰𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌜𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌮𑍇𑌤𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌧𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌧𑌾𑌨𑌂
𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌵𑌧𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌮𑌹𑌦𑌵𑌧𑌾𑌨𑌮𑍍 ॥ 31 ॥

Regulate the prANa-s, life forces, remain unaffected by external influences and discriminate between the real and the fleeting. Chant the holy name of God and silence the turbulent mind. Perform these with care, with extreme care.

𑌗𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌚𑌰𑌣𑌾𑌂𑌬𑍁𑌜-𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌰𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌃
𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌦𑌚𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌭𑌵 𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌃 ।
𑌸𑍇𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌸-𑌨𑌿𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌂
𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌿 𑌨𑌿𑌜𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌂 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌮𑍍 ॥ 32 ॥

Oh devotee of the lotus feet of the Guru! May thou be soon free from Samsara. Through disciplined senses and controlled mind, thou shalt come to experience the indwelling Lord of your heart!

𑌮𑍂𑌢𑌃 𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌨 𑌵𑍈𑌯𑌾𑌕𑌰𑌣𑍋
𑌡𑍁𑌃𑌕𑍃𑌂𑌕𑌰𑌣𑌾𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌯𑌨𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍀𑌣𑌃 ।
𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌂𑌕𑌰-𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑍈𑌃
𑌬𑍋𑌧𑌿𑌤 𑌆𑌸𑍀𑌚𑍍𑌛𑍋𑌧𑌿𑌤-𑌕𑌰𑌣𑌃 ॥ 33 ॥

Thus a silly grammarian lost in rules cleansed of his narrow vision and shown the Light by Shankara's apostles.

𑌭𑌜 𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌂𑌦𑌂 𑌭𑌜 𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌂𑌦𑌂
𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌂𑌦𑌂 𑌭𑌜 𑌮𑍂𑌢𑌮𑌤𑍇 ।
𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌣𑌾𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌯𑌂
𑌨𑌹𑌿 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑍋 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌰𑌣𑍇 ॥ 34 ॥

Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda, Oh fool! Other than chanting the Lord's names, there is no other way to cross the life's ocean.

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