Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajam
( I sing about the primeval God Govinda)
By
Lord
Brahma
Translated
by
P.R.Ramachander
(This great prayer has been taken from a book
called Brahma Samhita(Collection of writings by Lord Brahma) . This book was almost
lost to the posterity and was recovered by Chaithanya
Mahaprabhu from Kerala. He could get only 62 verses
of this great work. The book gives a very esoteric description of
Govinda in his world of Goloka. An excellent
commentary was written for this great work by Sri Bhakthi Sidhananda
Saraswathi. ( http://www.dharmakshetra.com/sages/relaization%20of%20brahma.htm
). He has also given a word to word meaning of
all the verses. This work later formed the bedrock of the Gaudiya
Vaishnavism I have used this word for word meaning as well as
Dictionaries and arrived at a simple translation of a great prayer contained in
this great book. I have considered it as a prayer and have not tried to establish its philosophical import.. In some places I
have arrived at a slightly different meaning for some of the verses. I hope the
great translator would pardon me. )
1.Chinthamani prakara sadmasu Kalpa Vuksha,
Laksha vrutheshu surabhir
abhipalayantham,
Lakshmi sahasra satha sambhrama sevyamanam,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who is the wish giving tree ,
In a home built with wish giving gems,
Who tends and takes care of
millions of cows,
And who is being served by millions of Lakshmis
2.Venum kwanantham aravinda dalayataksham,
Barha avatamsam aseethabudha sundarangam,
Kandarpa koti kamaneeya
visesham shobham,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who plays the flute , who has eyes like lotus petals,
Who wears peacock feathers as
an ornament,
Who is as pretty with the
colour of the blue rich clouds,
And who has the glitter of
billions of Gods of love.
3.Aalola chandra kalasad
vana maalya vamsee,
Rathnangavam pranaya keli kala vilasam,
Shyamam tribanga lalitham niyatha prakasam,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who wears a garland of forest
flowers,
Attached with a pendant of
the moon,
Who holds the flute as well
as ornaments studded with gems,
Who enjoys the sports of love
play,
Who shines being dark and who is,
Simple and destroys the three
types of suffering*.
*Due to mind, body and soul
4.Angaani yasya sakalendriya vruthi manthi,
Pasyanthi paanthi kalayanthi chiram jaganthi,
Ananda chinmaya sadujjwala vigrahasya,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Whose individual limbs can
take up duties of all limbs,
And who eternally sees the
universes that are apparent,
And whose form shines with
extreme divine joy.
5.Advaitham achyutham anadhim anantha roopam,
Adyam Purana purusham nava youvanam cha,
Vedeshu durlabham adurlabhamathma bhkthou,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who has no second, who is
without defects,
Who does not have beginning
and has an endless form,
Who is first
, most ancient and ever young,
Who is difficult to
attain even by the Vedas,
But easily
accessible to his dear devotees.
6.Pandhaasthu koti satha vathsara sampragamyo,
Vayor adhapi manaso muni pungavaanaam,
So apyasthi yath prapadha seemnya vichinthyathasthve,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Whose tip of the toe is beyond the reach of pranayama
And also beyond the minds of the foremost of the great sages.
Whose path of search extends
to several billions
of years*.
*Beyond Yoga and penance
7.Yeko apyasou rachayithum jagadanda kotim,
Yath sakthirasthi jagadanda chaya yadantha,
Andantharastha paramanu chayantharastham,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who being only single still creates
billions of universes,
And fills that entire
universe with his power,
And who is also
in every atom of the scattered
universes.
8.Yad bhava bhavithadhiyo manjasthadhaiva,
SAmprapya roopa mahimasana
yana bhoosha,
Sookthairyameva nigama pradhithou sthuvanthi,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
By singing whose praises and
greatness,
As told in the Vedas with
great devotion,
Men attain beauty
, fame, position and vehicles.
9.Ananda chinmaya rasa prathibhavitabhis,
Thabhirya yeva nija
roopa thayaa kalabhi,
Goloka yeva nivasthya akhilathma bhootho,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
The soul all beings who
surely lives in Gokula*,
Which is filled with joy and divine
illusion,
And who shows interest towards all
those,
Who are engrossed with his
real form and its parts.
*Goloka is also
considered as a separate heaven
10.Premanjana
churitha bhakthi vilochanena,
Santha sadaiva hrudayeshu
vilokayanthi,
Yam shyama
sundaram achinthya guna swaroopam,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who is seen with love tinged
collyrium in their eyes,
Always by saints in their
heart of hearts,
As the dusk coloured handsome
one,
With a form
of unimagined good.
11.Ramadhi
moorthishukalaa niyamena thishtan,
Nanavathara makarod bhuvaneshu
kinthu,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who though he took several
incarnations in this world,
That of Lord Krishna is the most
supreme one,
In spite of there existing several temporal
forms like that of Rama.
12.Yasya
prabha prabhavatho jagadanda koti,
Kotishwasesha vasudhadhi vibhoothi bhinnam,
Tad brahma
nishkalam anantha masesha bhootham,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Whose power
excels the power of people in crores of universes,
Which is
different from the power of Earth and other planets,
And is the Brahmam which is unlimited and free of taints,
And that which never , ever ends.
13.Mayahi
yasya jagad anda shathani
soothe,
TRigunya tad vishaya Veda vithayamana,
Sathwa valambi
para sathwam vishudha
sathwam,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who is the illusion which
brings out hundreds of
universes,
With the three fold
characters* as their subject,
Which are incorporated in the
Vedas,
And which support existence of the divine and
absolute beings.
*Sathva, Rajas and thamas
14.Ananda
chinmaya rasathmathaya mana su,
Ya praninnaam prathiphalan smaratham upethya,
Leelayithena buuvanani jayathyajasram,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who when the mind is filled with divine
joy,
Affirms that the soul being filled
with intense taste
Of the living beings , and the play
of the world, which forever wins.
15.Goloka
namni , nija dhamni thale cha tasya,
Devi Mahesa
Hari dhamasu theshu theshu,
They they
prabhava nichayaavihithascha yena,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Whose real residence is the
world called Goloka,
Below which are the worlds of
Goddess, Shiva and Vishnu,
Which really have their power
established by Him only.
16.Srishti , sthithi pralaya sadhana shakthir yeka,
Chayeva yasya bhuvanani
vimarthi Durga,
Ichanuroopamapi yasya cheshtathe saa,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who alone does creation, upkeep and destruction,
And as his shadow Durga
maintains the world,
As he can take any form and do any
activity.
17.Ksheeram
yadha dadhi vikara visesham yogath,
Sanmjayathe na
hi thathapradhagasthi hetho,
Ya Shambhuthamapi thadha samupaithi karyad.
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Like the milk is but a
different form of
curds,
Transformed due to some reaction but does not,
Have the same properties like
that of curds,
Lord Shiva is his another form for some other activity.
18.Deeparchireva hi dasantha ram abhyupetya,
Deepayate vivruta hethu samana
dharma,
Yastha drugeva hi cha Vishnu thaya vibhathi,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Like one flame of a lamp
lights another lamp,
Which in turn illuminates and
does the same job,
Similarly he lights his form of
Vishnu by his power.
19. Ya
karanarnava jale bhajathi sma yoga,
Nidhram anantha jagad anda sa
Aadhara shakthim mavalambhya paraam swa moorthim,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who does his yogic sleep in
the waters of the ocean,
With the endless universes as
his pores of hair,
And depending on his basic power
assumes his own form.
20.Yasyaika
nisvasita kaalam athavalambya,
Jivanthi loma vilajaa jagadanda natha,
Vishnurmahan sa iha yasya kala visesho,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who is great Lord Vishnu with
his special appearance
Taking shelter in the short time
of his one breath,
As Lord Brahma
who appeared from one pore of
hair of him.
21.Bhaswan
yadhasma sakaleshu nijeshu theja,
Sviyam kiyath prakatayathyapi thadvadthra,
Brhama ya eva
jagadandi vidhana
Kartha,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
From whom Lord Brahma , who is the chief of the universe,
Receives his
power of regulation.
Like the Sun reflects his form as
the ,
Shining
images in various pieces of precious stones.
22.Yad
pada pallava yugam vinidhaya khumba,
Dwandwe pranamasamaye sa Ganadhiraja,
Vignaan vihanthu malamasya jagat trayasya,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Whose pair of tender flower
like feet are held,
By Lord Ganesa on the bulging
parts of his forehead,
And at the time of his
saluting you ,
He becomes capable of
destroying all obstacles of the three worlds.
23.Agnirmahi
gaganamambu marud disascha,
Kalasthadathma manaseethi jagat trayani,
Yasmad bhavanthi vibhavanthi visanthi yam cha,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
From whom, Fire, earth, sky , water , air
Directions, time , soul and mind
of the three worlds,
Originate and also exist at
the time of deluge.
24.Yacha chakshur savitha sakala grahaanaam,
Raja samastha sura moorthirasesha
theja,
Yasyagnaya bhramathi sambhrootha kala chakro,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
By whose orders the Sun, the
king of planets
Who is the king of all devas
full of brilliance,
Does the journey mounting on the
wheel of time .
25.Dharmoadha
papanichaya srutha yasthapamsi,
Brahmadhi keeta pathagava
dhayascxha jeeva,
Yad data mathra vibhava prakata prabhava,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who has conferred the power
and potencies of all beings,
Right from Lord Brahma down to the
very lowly insects,
As per
their virtues and sins as prescribed by the Vedas.
26.Yasthvitha
indra gopam adhavendra maho swakarma,
Bandhanuroopa phala bhajana mathanothi,
Karmani nirvahathi cha bhakthi bhaajaam,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Who manages the duties of his
devotees,
Right from Lord Indra to the
tiny insect Indragopa,
And impartially bestows on them the
results of their actions,
And manages their affairs as per their
bondage.
27.Yam
krodha
Vathsalya moha guru gowarava sevya bhavou,
SAnchinthya thasya sadruseem thanumapurethe,
Govindam adhi purusham thamaham Bhajami.
I sing about Govinda the
primeval God,
Meditating on whom under the
control of,
Anger, passion
, friendship and other such emotions,
As well as fear
, affection, reverence, servility,
Would
result in to the bodily form fitting such emotions.