Last recording of this series. Its a bhajan my late father used to recite, especially when he was ill or bit down. So, I kind of grew up with this- he did not keep a good health and was seriously ill three-four times during our childhood. I was actually scared of it when I was still a kid because of ( I now know) the connotation I always attached (father's illness). Even when I grew up and understood the meaning of this beautiful (what my mother calls) 'nirgun', it still had that tinge of darkness that only a realization of death can impart to man's words. I sort of love it, in the same fatalistic way someone passively waits and relishes one's end. Its absolute surrender of a person who has seen his end and then calls Him-not necessarilyy for life but for forgiveness. "hey govind raakhu sharan, ab to jeevan haare!" I dont know the poet but I have definitely seen it on Doordarshan. Was it Peenaz singing the bhajan? Not sure. And if I correctly remember, she sang two more lines one of which credits Meera as the poet. Again, not sure. The language and tone, as I remember this bhajan, do not belong to Meera.
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