Bhaja Govindamभजगोविन्दम् భజగోవిన్దమ్ பஜகோவிந்தம் ಭಜಗೋವಿನ್ದಮ್ ભજગોવિન્દમ્ ভজগোবিন্দম্ ଭଜଗୋଵିନ୍ଦମ୍ ഭജഗോവിന്ദമ്

esanskrit
{Introduction}
Bhaja Govindam was written by Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya. A biography
of Shankara and his other compositions of Vedic literature can be
found in the shankara.itx document. Bhaja govindaM is one of the
minor compositions of the spiritual giant, Adi Shankaracharya. It is
classified as a prakaraNa grantha, a primer to the major works. Though
sung as a bhajan, it contains the essence of Vedanta and implores the
man to think, Why am I here in this life ? Why am I amassing wealth,
family, but have no peace ? What is the Truth ? What is the purpose of
life ? The person thus awakened gets set on a path to the inner road
back to the God principle.
The background of Bhaja GovindaM is worth examining. During his stay in
Kashi, Adi Shankaracharya noticed a very old man studying the rules of Sanskrit
by Panini. Shankara was touched with pity at seeing the plight of the
old man spending his years at a mere intellectual accomplishment while
he would be better off praying and spending time to control his mind.
Shankara understood that the majority of the world was also engaged in mere
intellectual, sense pleasures and not in the divine contemplation. Seeing this,
he burst forth with the verses of Bhaja govindaM. In 31 verses, he,