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Bhaja Govindam
भज गोविन्दम्
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मूढ जहीहि धनागमतृष्णां कुरु सद्बुद्धिं मनसि वितृष्णाम् । यल्लभसे निजकर्मोपात्तं वित्तं तेन विनोदय चित्तम् ॥२॥
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Word breakdown
- मूढ जहीहि धनागमतृष्णां
- O fool, abandon the thirst for wealth to come;
- कुरु सद्बुद्धिं मनसि वितृष्णाम् ।
- cultivate right understanding and dispassion in the mind.
- यल्लभसे निजकर्मोपात्तं
- Whatever wealth you gain through your own labour,
- वित्तं तेन विनोदय चित्तम् ॥२॥
- with that alone delight your mind.
Craving for ever more wealth is opposed to contentment with what comes through one's own action. True peace arises when the mind rests in what is earned rightly, not in endless accumulation.
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