Passage 1

bhagavadgītā kiñcidadhītā

From Bhaja Govindam, verse 20

kiñcidbhagavadgītā paṭhanamu

His poems 16

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॥ ॥

In plain words

One who has studied the Bhagavad Gītā even a little, who has drunk even a tiny drop of Gaṅgā water, by whom Murāri has been worshipped even once: with him Yama holds no debate.

A little reading of the Bhagavad Gītā, a little drinking of Gaṅgā water, the one who has worshipped Hari even once: what can Yama argue with him? (Bhaja Govindam)

Embodiments of the divine Ātma!

The śloka began with a disciple called Ānanda, a devotee of Śaṅkara. Now, since this Ānanda was a dull wit, all the students who were with him, too — the meaning that fits this dull wit is ‘Giri’. They kept calling him Giri. Giri means a dull wit. Because he was Ānanda joined to such a dull wit, they gave him the name Ānandagiri. Yet this Giri, dull-witted as he was, sank himself in Bhakti for the guru; doing only the guru's service and bowing his head to the guru's commands, he went on living his life with a citta that offered all his time to the guru. The other students who had gathered by the guru would recite back that very evening the lessons the guru taught and receive the guru's blessings; but Giri was not like that: however many months went by, he was never ready to recite back the lessons the guru taught, and he went on dedicating his time only to the guru's service. Now, because he fixed his citta on the guru alone, the guru's grace in time spread over him, and by that grace of the guru powers and abilities found nowhere else entered him; and because he wrote verses in what is called the toṭaka metre as hymns to the guru, he also received the name Toṭaka.