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{{short description|Hindu bhajan}}
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"'''Vaishnava Jana To'''" 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]]).
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==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.

===Vaishnav Jana to===
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! Gujarati
! [[Devanagari]]
! [[IAST]] Transliteration
! Translation
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<poem>
વૈષ્ણવ જન તો તેને કહિયે જે
પીડ પરાઈ જાણે રે
પર દુ:ખે ઉપકાર કરે તો યે
મન અભિમાન ન આણે રે. ॥ધૃ॥
</poem>
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<poem>
वैष्णव जन तो तेने कहिये
जे पीड परायी जाणे रे ।
पर दुःखे उपकार करे तो ये
मन अभिमान न आणे रे ॥
</poem>
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<poem>
vaiṣṇava jana to tene kahiye
je pīḍa parāyī jāṇe re,
para duḥkhe upakāra kare to ye
mana abhimāna na āṇe re
</poem>
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<poem>
Call those people Vaishnav who
Feel the pain of others,
Help those who are in misery,
But never let self-conceit enter their mind.
</poem>
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<poem>
સકળ લોકમાં સહુને વંદે,
નિંદા ન કરે કેની રે
વાચ કાછ મન નિશ્ચલ રાખે
ધન ધન જનની તેની રે. ॥૧॥
</poem>
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<poem>
सकळ लोकमां सहुने वंदे,
निंदा न करे केनी रे ।
वाच काछ मन निश्चल राखे,
धन धन जननी तेनी रे ॥
</poem>
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<poem>
sakaḷa loka māṁ sahune vande,
nindā na kare kenī re,
vāca kācha mana nischala raakhe,
dhana dhana jananī tenī re
</poem>
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<poem>
They respect the entire world,
Do not disparage anyone,
Keep their words, actions and thoughts pure,
The mother of such a soul is blessed.
</poem>
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<poem>
સમદૃષ્ટિ ને તૃષ્ણા ત્યાગી
પરસ્ત્રી જેને માત રે
જિહ્વા થકી અસત્ય ન બોલે
પરધન નવ ઝાલે હાથ રે. ॥૨॥
</poem>
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<poem>
समदृष्टि ने तृष्णा त्यागी,
परस्त्री जेने मात रे ।
जिह्वा थकी असत्य न बोले,
परधन नव झाले हाथ रे ॥
</poem>
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<poem>
sama-dṛṣṭi ne tṛṣṇā tyāgī,
para-strī jene māta re,
jihvā thakī asatya na bole,
para-dhana nava jhāle hātha re
</poem>
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<poem>
They see all equally, renounce craving,
Respect other women as their own mother,
Their tongue never utters false words,
Their hands never touch the wealth of others.
</poem>
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<poem>
મોહ માયા વ્યાપે નહિ જેને,
દૃઢ વૈરાગ્ય જેના મનમાં રે
રામ નામ શુ તાળી રે લાગી
સકળ તીરથ તેના તનમાં રે. ॥૩॥
</poem>
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<poem>
मोह माया व्यापे नहि जेने,
दृढ़ वैराग्य जेना मनमां रे ।
रामनाम शु ताळी रे लागी,
सकळ तीरथ तेना तनमां रे ॥
</poem>
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<poem>
moha māyā vyāpe nahi jene,
dhruda-vairāgya jenā manamāṁ re,
rāma-nāma shu tāḷī lāgī,
sakaḷa tīratha tenā tanamāṁ re
</poem>
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<poem>
They do not succumb to worldly attachments,
They are firmly detached from the mundane,
They are enticed by the name of Raam,
All places of pilgrimage are embodied in them.
</poem>
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<poem>
વણ લોભી ને કપટ રહિત છે,
કામ ક્રોધ નિવાર્યાં રે
ભણે નરસૈયો તેનું દર્શન કરતાં
કુળ એકોતેર તાર્યાં રે. ॥૪॥
</poem>
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<poem>
वणलोभी ने कपटरहित छे,
काम क्रोध निवार्या रे ।
भणे नरसैयो तेनुं दरसन करतां,
कुळ एकोतेर तार्या रे ॥
</poem>
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<poem>
vaṇa-lobhī ne kapaṭa-rahita che,
kāma krodha nivāryā re,
bhaṇe narasaiyo tenuṁ darasana karatāṁ,
kuḷa ekotera tāryā re
</poem>
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<poem>
They have forsaken greed and deceit,
They stay afar from desire and anger,
Narsi says: I'd be grateful to meet such a soul,
Whose virtue liberates their entire lineage.
</poem>
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==See also==
* "[[Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram]]"
* "[[Hari Tuma Haro]]"

==References==
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{{Mohandas K. Gandhi}}

[[Category:Vaishnavism]]
[[Category:Hindu music]]
[[Category:Indian poems]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]
[[Category:Gujarati-language songs]]
[[Category:Gujarati-language poems]]

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