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Bhaja Govindam (featuring Allie Stringer)

from Divas & Devas by Dave Stringer

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lyrics

Bhaja govindam bhaja govindam
Govindam bhaja mudha-mate
Dinam-api rajani saayam praatah
shishira-vasantau punar-aayaatah;
Kaalah kridati gacchaty-aayus
tad-api na munchaty-aashaa-vaayuh.
Baalas-taavat kridaa-saktas
tarunas-taavat taruni-raktah;
Vriddhas-taavach-chintaa-magnah
tasmin brahmani ko’pi na lagnah.
Punar-api jananam punar-api maranam
punar-api janani-jathare shayanam;
Iha samsaare bahu-dustaare
krpayaa’paare paahi muraare.
Vayasi gate kah kaama-vikaarah
shushke nire kah kaasaarah;
Nashte dravye kah parivaaro
jnaate tattve kah samsaarah.
Kas-tvam ko’ham kutah aayaatah
kaa me janani ko me taatah;
Iti paribhaavaya sarvam-asaaram
vishvam tyaktvaa svapna-vichaaram.


Worship the truth, O ignorant one!

Day and night, evening and morning, winter and spring come again and
again! Time rolls on, life is spent, yet the wind of desire does not leave
him.

In childhood, one is engaged in play; in youth, one is attached to a lover; in old age, one is burdened with anxiety; but no one is ever concerned
with the ultimate reality.

Born again, dying again, sleeping once again in a mother’s womb– this ocean of worldly existence is difficult to cross. Grant me the protection of grace, O Lord.

When youth is gone, where is passion? When the water dries up, can
there be a lake? When wealth is lost, where are one’s relatives? When the
truth is known, where is this world?

Who are you? Who am I? Where have I come from? Who is my mother?
Who is my father? In this way, think of everything as meaningless and
renounce this world, knowing it to be just a dream.

Shankaracharya (788-820)

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from Divas & Devas, released October 2, 2007

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Grammy-nominated producer, singer, composer and innovative international Kirtan artist. Stringer’s sound connects the transcendent mysticism of East Indian ragas to the exuberant grooves of Gospel and the ringing harmonies of Appalachia.

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