Adi Shankara Bhaja Govindam

In this incident, Adi Shankara decries the importance of grammar and instead emphasizes the importance of a pure heart for chanting mantras.

Adi Shankara also composed the famous Bhaja Govindam song.

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• Guru
• Adi
• Shankara
• Bhaja
• Govindam
• Advaita
• Philosophy
• Sanskrit
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• Thotakashtakam

[katy3683]

I guess adi sankara was wrong. He doesnt know the importance of grammar. Sanskrit is based on rich grammar. hindu people say world is just a vibration of the supreme god. Do grammar and pronunciation of the mantras and shlokas are equally important.

People make mistakes, adi sankara is no exception.

[justprams]

Well, in my opinion, you haven't understood the essence of the message.

[vasuk1972]

I have seen this movie in DD National Channel 15 years ago as Sunday Afternoon Movie. A great movie produced by Dr. T. Subbirami Reddy, MP. It is the only movie made in Sanskrit. I am not able to find this movie CD anywhere. Can anybody help me in getting the same?

[justprams]

Hi Vasu,

I am in the process of uploading the movie here on YouTube. You can view the same.

[kesava2006]

he is emphasizing the importance of bhakti (devotion) to God over devotion to grammar and linguistics. reciting slokas with excellent pronunciation but without devotion is futile. that's what he's trying to convey.

[the3dguy2]

@katy3683 If Sri Adi Shankara is wrong, then the Upanishads are wrong, the Vedas are wrong and the whole of Hinduism is wrong.. And when it is so, Gita is wrong. Then which mantras are we talking about?

[sukanth2]

@katy3683 he never make mistakes.he is incarnation of the most truthful Lord Siva

....dun make accusations like this....

[amulyasanskrit]

@katy3683 I THINK U HAVE NO RIGHT TO SPEAK SOMETHING ABOUT HIM. EVEN THOUGH HE IS WRONG THERE IS SOME REASON BEHIND IT.ND FOR YOUR KIND INFORMATION YOU DONT POCESS EVEN A MELLIMETER OF KNOWLEDGE WHAT HE HAD. SO DONT COMMENT WHATEVER U GET IT IN UR MOUTH. ND CAN U TELL WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHITA AND CHINTA? IF U DONT MIND PLZ DO REPLY

[sudhirrshankar]

iam durai who is working assistant to g,v. iyer in this sanskrit film.now iam avail in the name duraibharathy@ gmail.com. working now in win tv news inchennai. my pen name is vidyashankar. iam also founder editor of nakkeran wekkly.

[sudhirrshankar]

iam durai who is working assistant to g,v. iyer in this sanskrit film

[bilvapatra]

@katy3683

These are metaphors, Katy. Those days ppl spoke little not chatter like we do. One meaning I take away is this: This whole life is a means to an end, Bhagawan. The pains and sorrows, joys and happiness of life are akin to grammar rules; they only enable creating a structure to life. So the knowledge of physics or where fork should be placed and how a napkin is to be folded are like grammar rules, ok from vyavaharik standpoint, but should not cloud our focus.

[German1184]

2:09 “A verse in praise of Shankara” is called “Thotaka Ashtakam”.

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viditākhilaśāstrasudhājaladhe mahitopaniṣat kathitārthanidhe hṛdaye kalaye vimalaṁ caraṇaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam (Totakashtakam 1)

The knower of the nectar-ocean of all the śāstra-s, the teacher of the upaniṣadic treasure, I meditate in my heart on your lotus feet; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara. (Totakashtakam 1, Translated by Ramesh Krishnamurthy)

[German1184]

3:33 Samprapthe sannihithe kale, Nahi nahi rakshathi dookrunj karane.

"When death strikes, grammar doesn’t save us."

Angam galitham palitham mundam, Dasanaviheenam jatham thundam, Vruddho yathi gruheetha dhandam,Tadapi na munjathyaasa pindam.

"When limbs are weak and hair become grey, doddering, old and toothless too. The decrepit moves with help of a walking-stick. (Even then) Man never gives up disires."

[German1184]

3:34

Samprapthe sannihithe kale, Nahi nahi rakshathi dookrunj karane.

"When death strikes, grammar doesn’t save us."

Angam galitham palitham mundam, Dasanaviheenam jatham thundam, Vruddho yathi gruheetha dhandam,Tadapi na munjathyaasa pindam.

“When limbs are weak and hair become grey… Doddering, old and toothless too… The decrepit moves with help of a walking-stick. (Even then) Man never gives up disires.”

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[Pashupatastra]

He is telling his followers that the supreme god is Lord Krishna and just worship him!Iinstead of wasting time in this word jugglery which is not going to lead to anything. God is not impersonal but he is a supreme person with all the opuleneces. Only the intelligent followers of Sankaracharya understood this teaching.