Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1163

c9.1163

10) Derisive of the grammarian. Śaṅkara has composed a hymn named Mohamudgara, in which he ridicules a grammarian. One day walking along a street in Kāśī Śaṅkara saw a grammarian learning by rote rules of grammar, and then he composed the very sweet and beautiful poem-Bhaja Govindam-to reveal the foolishness of the grammarian repeating the useless rules of grammar. By the very first verse of the poem Śaṅkara revealed the following truth: "Oh! fool! worship Govinda (Bhaja Govindam) meditate upon Him. You meditate upon Govinda realising the truth that when death approaches, the grammatical sūtra "Ḍukṛñ Karaṇe" will not come to your aid."