दलेर मेहंदी साहब ने बहुत ही बढ़िया गाया है इस भजन को, जितनी भी तारीफ़ की जाए कम ही होगी।दलेर मेहंदी साहब वास्तव में बहुत बड़े स्तर के गायक हैं इसमे कोई अतिश्योक्ति नहीं।
Jinke Hriday Shri Ram Basey, Tin aura ko nama liyo na liyo :// Jinke Hriday Shri Ram... Koi mandir jake bhajan kare. Koi ghar mein baitha namana kare Koi Kaashi jaa ke dhyaana dhare :// Koi Tirath Jake snaan kare :// high Jina maata pitaa ki sevaa ki :// Tin tirtha snaana kiyo na kiyo :// Jinke Hriday Shri Ram Basey, Tin aura ko nama liyo na liyo Jinke Hriday.... Koi maange kanchana si kaayaa, Koi maang rahaa prabhu se maaya :// (low) Koi punya kare, koi daan kare :// Koi taan ko roz bakhaan kare :// (high) jina maata pitaa ki sevaa ki:// Tin aur ko daan diyo na diyo Jinke Hriday Shri Ram Basey, Tin aura ko nama liyo na liyo.. Jinke Hriday Shri Ram Shri Ram Shri Ram Shri Ram
(Shlok): त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव त्वमेव बन्धुश्चा सखा त्वमेव | त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव त्वमेव सर्वं मम देवा देवा || Tvameva mātā cha pitā tvameva; tvameva bandhushchā sakhā tvameva. (ṛ ā ū ī) Tvameva vidyā dravinang (dravinam) tvameva; tvameva sarvam mama devā devā. O Lord, you alone are our real mother and father, our constant companion, and our only true friend. You are the sum-total of all of our knowledge and of all of our possessions (wealth). You are the God of all gods and, indeed, everything to us. 0. Jinke hriday Shrī Rām base' (basen); un aur ko nām liyo na liyo. Jinke hriday Shrī Rām base'; un aur ko nām liyo na liyo. Jinke hriday Shrī Rām. Whomsoever has Shri Ram residing in their hearts, need not chant (call on) any other holy name (for the name Ram is equivalent to a thousand names of the Lord). 1. Koī mānge kanchan sī kāyā; koī māng rahā prabhu se māyā. Koī punya kare koī dān kare; koī dān kā roz bakhān kare. Jin kanyādān ko dān diyo; jin kanyādān ko dān diyo. Un aur ko dān diyo na diyo; jinke hriday Shrī Rām. Some ask the Lord for a body of wealth; while others are asking for worldly (illusory) things. Some do charitable works and make donations; and some daily mention what they gave. Those who give a righteous daughter in marriage (with her consent, to another righteous family); need not offer any other gift or make any other donation (for they will have given the greatest gift, an earthly Sita-Mahalakshmi, that one human being can bestow unto another). 2.Koī ghar me' baithā naman kare; koī Harī-mandir me' bhajan kare. Koī Gangā Jamunā snān kare; koī Kāshī jāke dhyān dhare. Jin mātu-pitā kī sevā kī; jin mātu-pitā kī sevā kī. Un tīrath-snān kiyo na kiyo; jinke hriday Shrī Rām base'. Un aur ko nām liyo na liyo; jinke hriday Shrī Rām. Some chant (call on) the name of the Lord sitting in their homes; while others chant bhajans (devotional songs) in the Lord's temples. Some take baths in the holy Ganges and Yamuna; and others go to Kashi (Varanasi) and do meditation. Those who reverently serve (take care of) their parents; need not make pilgrimage to bathe (or chant) in any other holy place (for they will have made the greatest pilgrimage, in this world, by daily prostrating themselves to the lotus feet of their parents).
Bhajan by Mahendi is good & melodious. But he is missing the important lines in between. In the narration of “ Jin Kenya Dan ko Dan koi,aur ko dan kiyo no kiyo” he sings something else. Kenya Dan is considered the highest Dan in the World. I think people will eulogize him if he remembers the original Dan” This will elevate him & his voice.
