Bhaja Govindam

[Vivek]

Hari Om,

I'm looking for an authentic version of Bhaja Govindam to learn to chant. Preferably on YouTube.

Since there are so many version and variations I don't know which one is most authentic?

Any suggestions?

[Hnbhat B.R.]

Here is the youtube sung by MS Subbulakshmi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go-mAJpH6_w

I do not knot know any authentic version or non-authentic version.

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[Irene Galstian]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PEPeD3HlKFE

The translit/translation aren't very helpful. Didn't see one with Devanagari text, sorry. 

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[Taff Rivers]

Vivek,

Re. Bhaja Govindam.

As the professor points out, there is no authenticating to be done.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating!

'Chanting' is but a means to an end. 

With the end in mind: 

Just as we we learn our Gregorian calender.

   Thirty days have September, April, June and November... 

 The rhymic beat of the stanzas makes it easy to memorise the information.

It is though the application of that information, that the usefulness or otherwise of that advice is evaluated.

View Shankaracharya's advice for yourself*, in this very recent biligual translation, his politcally incorrect gender bias not withstanding. 

The childhood is lost by attachment to playfulness. 

Youth is lost by attachment to woman. 

Old age passes away by thinking over many things. 

But there is hardly anyone who wants to be lost in parabrahman.

  Taff,

 

*http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_vishhnu/bhajagovindam.pdf

[Arvind_Kolhatkar]

I found the following version at https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9E%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D.

The version there has some errors in it.  I have corrected it as far as I could.  This stotra is known as चर्पटपञ्जरिकास्तोत्र and also as मोहमुद्गरस्तोत्र.

दिनमपि रजनी सायं प्रातः शिशिरवसन्तौ पुनरायातौ । कालः क्रीडति गच्छत्यायुः तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशावायु ॥

भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं मूढमते । प्राप्ते सन्निहिते मरणे नहि नहि रक्षति डुकृञ् करणे ॥१॥

अग्ने वह्निः पृष्ठे भानू रात्रौ चिबुकसमर्पितजानुः । करतलभिक्षा तरुतलवासस्तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशापाशः ॥२॥

यावद् वित्तोपार्जनसक्तः तावन्निजपरिवारो रक्त: । पश्चाद्धावति जर्जरदेहे वार्ता पृच्छति कोऽपि न गेहे ॥३॥

जटिलो मुण्डी लुञ्चितकेशः काषायाम्बरबहुकृतवेषः । पश्यन्नपि च न पश्यति मूढ उदरनिमित्तं बहुकृतशोकः ॥४॥

भगवद्गीता किञ्चिदधीता गङ्गाजललवकणिका पीता । सकृदपि यस्य मुरारिसमर्चा तस्या यमः किं कुरुते चर्चाम् ॥५॥

अङ्गं गलितं पलितं मुण्डं दशनविहीनं जातं तुण्डम् । वृद्धो याति गृहीत्वा दण्डं तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशापिण्डम् ॥६॥

बालस्तावत्क्रीडासक्तस्तरुणस्तावत्तरुणीरक्तः । वृद्धस्तावच्चिन्तामग्नः परे ब्रह्मणि कोऽपि न लग्नः ॥७॥

पुनरपि जननं पुनरपि मरणं पुनरपि जननी जठरे शयनम् । इह संसारे खलु दुस्तारे कृपयापारे पाहि मुरारे ॥८॥

पुनरपि रजनी पुनरपि दिवसः पुनरपि पक्षः पुनरपि मासः । पुनरप्ययनं पुनरपि वर्षं तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशामर्षम् ॥९॥

वयसि गते कः कामविकारः शुष्के नीरे कः कासारः । नष्टे द्रव्ये कः परिवारो ज्ञाते तत्त्वे कः संसारः ॥१०॥

नारीस्तनभरनाभिनिवेशं मिथ्यामायामोहावेशम् । एतन्मांसवसादिविकारं मनसि विचारय वारंवारम् ॥११॥

कस्त्वं कोऽहं कुत आयातः का मे जननी को मे तातः । इति परिभावय सर्वमसारं विश्वं त्यक्त्वा स्वप्नविचारम् ॥१२॥

गेयं ग‍ीतानामसह्स्रं ध्येयं श्रीपतिरुपमजस्रम् । नेयं सज्जनसङ्गे चित्तं देयं दीनजनाय च वित्तम् ॥१३॥

यावज्जीवो निवसति देहे कुशलं तावत्पृच्छति गेहे । गतवति वायौ देहापाये भार्या बिभ्यति तस्मिन्काये ॥१४॥

सुखतः क्रियते रामाभोगः पश्चाद् हन्त शरीरे रोगः । यद्यपि लोके मरणं शरणं तदपि न मुञ्चति पापाचरणम् ॥१५॥

रथ्याचर्पटविरचितकन्थः पुण्यापुण्यविवर्जितपन्थः । नाहं न त्वं नायं लोकस्तदपि किमर्थं क्रियते शोकः ॥१६॥

कुरुते गङ्गासागरगमनं व्रतपरिपालनमथवा दानम् । ज्ञानविहीनः सर्वमतेन मुक्तिं न भजति जन्मशतेन ॥१७॥

॥ इति श्रीमच्छंकराचार्यविरचितं चर्पटपंजरिकास्तोत्रं संपूर्णम् ॥

Arvind Kolhatkar.

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Other styles of rendering:

https://youtu.be/XngCWYuOdd4

https://youtu.be/ISjxAEBqPro

https://youtu.be/vsvJFAWuMLA

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[Vivek]

Thanks to everyone who made valuable contributions to the Bhaja Govindam query.

Going through the materials now.

Thanks again everyone, much appreciated.

Vivek

[Gajanan Palsodkar]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXPHmJ4cn14

 

 

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