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Bhaja Govindam
भज गोविन्दम्
Chant
शत्रौ मित्रे पुत्रे बन्धौ मा कुरु यत्नं विग्रहसन्धौ । सर्वस्मिन्नपि पश्यात्मानं सर्वत्रोत्सृज भेदाज्ञानम् ॥२५॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- शत्रौ मित्रे पुत्रे बन्धौ
- Toward enemy, friend, son, and kinsman
- मा कुरु यत्नं विग्रहसन्धौ ।
- make no effort in quarrel or alliance.
- सर्वस्मिन्नपि पश्यात्मानं
- See the Self in all beings;
- सर्वत्रोत्सृज भेदाज्ञानम् ॥२५॥
- everywhere abandon the ignorance of difference.
The instruction releases divisive fixation by seeing the Self in all relations. Friend and foe are alike appearances in the one consciousness; difference is ignorance, unity is truth.
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