MOHA MUDGARA In day to day life, we see several beautiful objects and we wish to possess them. One desire arises and when it is fulfilled, another arises, for example, if a boy wants to marry a beautiful girl and if his desire is fulfilled, his next desire will be to beget children. Desire never leaves him. Even in old age, when there is no strength: his head becomes bald: his gums become toothless and leaning on crutches; even then the attachment is strong and he clings firmly to fruitless desires. He spends his whole life in fulfilling his desires. At last the inevitable death comes, he leaves his body with desires in mind and to fulfill them he again takes birth and he will never be freed from this cycle...

Sankaracharya advises us to discriminate and cultivate the knowledge to learn the difference between the real and the unreal. To emphasize, he concludes that all knowledge other than the self- knowledge is useless. Sankara makes the person realize how foolish he is in the conduct and behavior through the verses of Bhaja Govindam, and shows the purpose of our worldly existence, which is to seek Govinda and attain Him.