Vaishnava Jana To
"Vaishnava Jana To" | |
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Song by Several artists like Amirbai Karnataki Lata Mangeshkar K.S.Chithra Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Jagjit Singh M. S. Subbulakshmi | |
Language | Old Gujarati |
Published | 15th century |
Genre | Bhajan, devotional poetry |
Songwriter(s) | Narsinh Mehta |
"Vaishnava Jana To" (meaning:- Call those people Vaishnav or The devotee of Vishnu) is a Hindu bhajan, written in the 15th century by the poet Narsinh Mehta in the Gujarati language. The poem speaks about the life, ideals and mentality of a Vaishnava jana (a follower of Vaishnavism).
Raga : Mishra Khamaj
Influence
This devotional hymn became popular during the life time of Mahatma Gandhi and was rendered as a bhajan in his Sabarmati Ashram by vocalists and instrumentalists like Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar. It was popular among freedom fighters throughout India. Often sung by singers since then, it serves as the final song to end a concert and touch music lovers with the philosophical thought of poet Narsinh Mehta.
Lyrics of the poem
Gujarati | Devanagari | IAST Transliteration | Translation |
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વૈષ્ણવ જન તો તેને કહિયે જે |
वैष्णव जन तो तेने कहिये |
vaiṣṇava jana to tene kahiye |
Call those people Vaishnav who |
સકળ લોકમાં સહુને વંદે, |
सकळ लोकमां सहुने वंदे, |
sakaḷa loka māṁ sahune vande, |
They respect the entire world, |
સમદૃષ્ટિ ને તૃષ્ણા ત્યાગી |
समदृष्टि ने तृष्णा त्यागी, |
sama-dṛṣṭi ne tṛṣṇā tyāgī, |
They see all equally, renounce craving, |
મોહ માયા વ્યાપે નહિ જેને, |
मोह माया व्यापे नहि जेने, |
moha māyā vyāpe nahi jene, |
They do not succumb to worldly attachments, |
વણ લોભી ને કપટ રહિત છે, |
वणलोभी ने कपटरहित छे, |
vaṇa-lobhī ne kapaṭa-rahita che, |
They have forsaken greed and deceit, |