Adi Sankaracharya wrote a number of Vedaantic works to make people understand the knowledge of the Self. One such work which stands out is the famous “Bhaja Govindam”.
Pre-eminent Hindu scholar, C. Raja Gopalachari has written a commentary on Bhaja Govindam. The following is an excerpt from his introduction to Bhaja Govindam.
“Sri Sankara has packed into the “Bhaja Govindam” song the substance of all the Vedantic works that he wrote and he has set the truth of the union of devotion and knowledge to melodious music which delights the ear.
When that wisdom is integrated with life and issues out in action, it becomes devotion. Knowledge which has become mature is spoken of as devotion. If it does not get transformed into devotion, such knowledge is useless tinsel. To hold and to say that jnaana and bhakti, knowledge and devotion, are as different from each other as gold is from baser metal is to expose one’s ignorance.
Sri Sankara has packed into the “Bhaja Govindam” song the substance of all the Vedantic works that he wrote and he has set the truth of the union of devotion and knowledge to melodious music which delights the ear.”
Listen to this excellent rendition by Late Smt. M.S.Subbulakshmi and enjoy..
Artist: Subbulakshmi M S
