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Bhaja Govindam
भज गोविन्दम्
Chant
का ते कान्ता कस्ते पुत्रः संसारोऽयमतीव विचित्रः । कस्य त्वं कः कुत आयातः तत्त्वं चिन्तय तदिह भ्रातः ॥८॥
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Word breakdown
- का ते कान्ता कस्ते पुत्रः
- Who is your wife? Who is your son?
- संसारोऽयमतीव विचित्रः ।
- This world of becoming is exceedingly strange.
- कस्य त्वं कः कुत आयातः
- Of whom are you? Who are you? From where did you come?
- तत्त्वं चिन्तय तदिह भ्रातः ॥८॥
- Reflect on that truth here, O brother.
Questions about kinship and origin become an invitation to investigate the Self. When relationships are seen as contingent, the seeker turns toward the unchanging 'I' behind all roles.
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