“Bhaja Govindam“ Composed by Adi Shankaracharya

“Adi Shankaracharya once accompanied by his disciples, was walking along a street in Kasi (Varanasi), he was pained to observe an elderly man trying hard to learn Sanskrit grammar. At his advanced age, the remaining valuable little time of his life should have been used for chanting the holy names of Govinda, instead of wasting on learning a language. This made Sankaracharya to burst out this composition, a sort of rebuke to foolish way of living.“