Bhaja bhaja Dattam-lyrics and meaning

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Jaya Guru Datta

 

Bhaja bhaja Dattam - Wednesday kakada harati bhajan - lyrics and meaning

 

Refrain:

Bhaja bhaja Dattam Bhaja bhaja Dattam  Bhaja bhaja Dattam  bhaja Dattam

 

Praise Datta repeatedly, keep praising Datta, keep singing Datta’s glories,

continuously extol Datta!

 

Muni jana vinutam nata jana sadayam

Pravimala hridayam bhaja Dattam

 

Praise Datta who has been glorified by the sages. Sing the glory of Datta who is

compassionate towards His devotees, and whose heart is ever pure.

 

Prashamita vipadam prakatita vibhavam

Pranudita duritam  bhaja Dattam

 

Praise Datta who diminishes dangers, who demonstrates His Omnipresence, and who

destroys sins.

 

Shrutichaya shikhare na na pada mukhare

Samudita yashasam bhaja Dattam

 

Praise Datta who rises in His unique glory as the one and only Truth when

everything else in Creation has been negated from true existence by the deep

spiritual knowledge acquired by the study of Vedanta, the pinnacle of Knowledge

(which uses the technique of saying “not thisâ€, “not this†of all that

is perceptible to the senses, and imaginable by the mind in the created universe

to ultimately define Truth (Paramatman) as that which alone remains when all

else has been rejected as being not " Truth " ).

 

Apara digachale mati gati vivare

Tata nija charitam bhaja Dattam

 

Praise Datta who reveals His true glory at sundown (symbolically, since it is

the Sun who stimulates the intellect), in the hidden depths of the mind of His

devotee that has been stilled (by sleep, thoughtlessness, or samadhi).

 

Swacharana kamale shashi mani vimale

Dhrita nata sugatim bhaja Dattam

 

Praise the glory of Datta who has embedded into His pure and precious gem-like

(chandrakaanta mani or moonstone) lotus feet, the wellbeing of the devotees who

have surrendered to Him.

 

Nata jana vishaya pradalana nipunam

Manasija haranam bhaja Dattam

 

Praise the glory of Datta who is an adept at clearing the doubts of His

devotees. Worship Datta who destroys the worldly desires of those who take

refuge in Him. 

 

Shama dama niyatair anupada kalitam

Sachchidaanandam bhaja Dattam

 

Praise Datta, who is Sat, Chit, and Ananda, Truth, Consciousness, and Bliss, who

is worshipped by those who are calm and serene, having their sense organs and

their mind under complete control.

 

Sri Guru Datta