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Bhaja Govindam
भज गोविन्दम्
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नलिनीदलगतजलमतितरलं तद्वज्जीवितमतिशयचपलम् । विद्धि व्याध्यभिमानग्रस्तं लोकं शोकहतं च समस्तम् ॥४॥
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Word breakdown
- नलिनीदलगतजलमतितरलं
- Water on a lotus leaf is exceedingly unstable;
- तद्वज्जीवितमतिशयचपलम् ।
- so too is life surpassingly fleeting.
- विद्धि व्याध्यभिमानग्रस्तं
- Know the whole world is seized by disease and pride,
- लोकं शोकहतं च समस्तम् ॥४॥
- and struck down by grief.
Water on a lotus leaf becomes the image of precarious life amid illness, pride, and grief. Seeing the world's fragility loosens the grip of worldly attachment.
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