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भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते |
सम्प्राप्ते सन्निहिते काले
नहि नहि रक्षति डुक्रिङ्करणे ‖ 1 ‖
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
govindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate |
samprāpte sannihite kāle
nahi nahi rakśhati ḍukriṅkaraṇe ‖ 1 ‖
Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda, O fool! The rules of grammar will not save you at the time of your death.
bhaja — worship; govindaṁ — Govinda; mūḍha-mate — dull-minded, fool; saṁprāpte — when you have reached, arrived; sannihite — nearness of, close; kāle — end of time, death; nahi — surely not, never, by no means; rakṣati — protects, saves; ḍukṛñkaraṇe — the grammatical formula.
Sri Adi Sankaracharya

Links
Sankara’s Bhaja Govindam – English Translation and Commentary by T.M.P. Mahadevan, 1962

Bhaja Govindam – Verse 1 – Bhaja Govindam – 1-bhaja govindaṃ – By Adi Sankaracharya – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Word-by-word meaning and Translation – Bhaja-Govindam-1