भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते ।
सम्प्राप्ते सन्निहिते काले
न हि न हि रक्षति डुकृञ्करणे ॥
bhaja govindaṁ bhaja govindaṁ
govindaṁ bhaja mūḍha-mate |
samprāpte sannihite kāle
na hi na hi rakṣati ḍukṛñ-karaṇe ||
(Moha-mudgara-stotram: 1)
“Serve Govinda, serve Govinda,
Serve Govinda, O fool!
When the time of death arrives,
Rules of grammar do not save you.”