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Bhaja Govindam
Bhaja Govindam [Praise/Seek Govinda
(Krishna)] also known as Moha Mudgara (Hammer [to shatter] illusion) is a popular 8th century1
Hindu devotional composition in Sanskrit
attributed to Adi Shankara. This work of Adi
Shankara underscores the view that devotion
(Bhakti) to God, Govinda, is a vastly important
part of general spirituality, as emphasised by
Bhakti Yoga and the Bhakti movement.2 This work
is generally considered a summary of Adi
Shankara's Advaita Vedanta philosophy.3
Significance
This composition is a reminder that the
author, Adi Shankara, who is often regarded as a
stalwart advocate of the Jnana Marga (Jnana
Yoga) or the "Path of Knowledge" to attain
Mukti, yielded to none in appreciating, indeed
enjoining the Bhakti Marga (Bhakti Yoga) or the
"Path of Faith/Devotion" to the same goal,4 and

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as C. Rajagopalachari put in his commentary,

"When intelligence matures and lodges securely
in the heart, it becomes wisdom. When that
wisdom is integrated with life and issues out in
action, it becomes devotion. Knowledge which
has become mature is spoken of as devotion. If
it does not get transformed into devotion, such
knowledge is useless tinsel."5
In this prayer, Adi Shankara emphasizes the
importance of devotion for God as a means to
spiritual development and to liberation from the
cycle of birth and death. The prayer leaves one
in no doubt that the renunciation of our
egotistical differences and surrender to God
makes for salvation. Many scholars hold that this
composition encapsulates with both brevity and
simplicity the substance of all Vedantic thought
found in whatever other works that Adi Shankara
wrote:
The refrain "Bhaja Govindam" which defines
the composition and gives it its name invokes the
almighty in the aspect of Vishnu; it is therefore
very popular not only with Sri Adi
Shankaracharya's immediate followers, the
Smarthas, but also with Vaishnavas and others.

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Legends:
There is a story attached to the composition
of this Hymn. It is said that Adi Shankara, accompanied by his disciples, was walking along a
street in Varanasi one day when he came across
an aged scholar teaching the rules of Sanskrit
grammar to his students by rote. Taking pity on
him, Adi Shankara went up to the scholar and
advised him not to waste his time on grammar at
his age but to turn his mind to God in worship
and adoration. The hymn "Bhaja Govindam" is
said to have been composed on this occasion.6
The composition consists of thirty verses.
Besides the refrain of the song beginning with
the words "Bhaja Govindam", Shankara is said
to have sung twelve other verses. Hence, the
hymn bears the title "Dvadasamanjarika-Stotra"
(A hymn which is a bunch of twelve verseblossoms). The fourteen disciples who were with
the Master on that occasion are believed to have
added one verse each. These fourteen verses are
together called "Chaturdasa-manjarika-Stotra" (a
hymn consisting of fourteen verse-blossoms).

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References
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Review Yogalife, sivananda.org, 2003.

Bhaja
Govindam,
by
Sankaracarya,
Chinmayananda, Translated by Brahmacharini
Sharada. Published by Chinmaya Publications Trust,
1967. Page5-7.

Swami Chinmayananda, Adi Sankaracharya's

Bhaja Govindam. Central Chinmaya Mission Trust,
2005.ISBN 817597107X.

Bhaja Govindam Ancient Wisdom, Yogalife, Fall

2003 Issue. Sivananda.

Commentary on Bhaja Govindam by C. Srinivas

Kuchibhotla.

The Hymns of Sankara, by Sankaracarya,

Telliyavaram Mahadevan Ponnambalam
Mahadevan, Totakacarya, Suresvaracarya. Published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 2002. ISBN 81208-0097-4. Page 33.

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