[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.1163 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1163 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1163 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.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." - [Previous: c9.1162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1162) - [Next: c9.1164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1164) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi.3.1.32) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1163) · Pramāṇa