Bhaja Govindam – Verse 8   «   »

Bhaja Govindam – Verse 8   «   »

का ते कान्ता कस्ते पुत्रः
संसारोऽयमतीव विचित्रः |
कस्य त्वं वा कुत आयातः
तत्वं चिन्तय तदिह भ्रातः ‖ 8 ‖
kā te kāntā kaste putraḥ
saṃsāroayamatīva vichitraḥ |
kasya tvaṃ vā kuta āyātaḥ
tatvaṃ chintaya tadiha bhrātaḥ ‖ 8 ‖
Who is your wife? Who is your son? Supremely wonderful is saṁsāra, the circle of birth and death. Of whom are you? From where have you come? Brother, ponder over these concepts
kāte — who, your; kāntā — beloved, wife; kaste — who, your; putraḥ — son; saṁsāraḥ — circle of birth and death; ayam — this; atīva — great, excessively; vicitraḥ — strange, mysterious, wonderful; kasya — whose; tvaṁ — you; kaḥ — who; kuta — from where; āyātaḥ — arrived, have come from; tattvaṁ — truth, essence; cintaya — think well, consider; tad iha — that; here; bhrātaḥ — brother.
Sri Adi Sankaracharya

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

Bhaja Govindam – Verse 8 – Bhaja Govindam – 8-kā te kāntā – By Adi Sankaracharya – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Word-by-word meaning and Translation – Bhaja-Govindam-8