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Bhaja Govindam
भज गोविन्दम्
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रथ्याचर्पटविरचितकन्थः पुण्यापुण्यविवर्जितपन्थः । योगी योगनियोजितचित्तः रमते बालोन्मत्तवदेव ॥२२॥
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Word breakdown
- रथ्याचर्पटविरचितकन्थः
- Clad in a patched garment of rags gathered from the road,
- पुण्यापुण्यविवर्जितपन्थः ।
- walking the path free of merit and demerit,
- योगी योगनियोजितचित्तः
- the yogin with mind fixed in yoga
- रमते बालोन्मत्तवदेव ॥२२॥
- rejoices like a child or a madman.
The yogin's freedom is portrayed as childlike and unconstrained by the ledger of merit and demerit. Liberation is not solemn austerity but spontaneous joy beyond social judgment.
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