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Vaishanav: A follower of Vaishnav school of Hinduism. Strict vegetarianism, ahimsa and simplicity are the hallmarks of a true vaishnav. The Bhajan is in essence a "definition" of "vaishnav" :-
Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye je [One who is a vaishnav]
Peed paraayi jaane re [Knows the pain of others]
Par-dukhkhe upkaar kare toye [Does good to others, esp. to those ones who are in misery]
Man abhimaan na aaNe re [Does not let pride enter his mind]
Vaishnav...
SakaL lok maan sahune vande [A Vaishnav, Tolerates and praises the the entire world]
Nindaa na kare keni re [Does not say bad things about anyone]
Vaach kaachh man nishchaL raakhe [Keeps his/her words, actions and thoughts pure]
Dhan-dhan janani teni re [O Vaishnav, your mother is blessed (dhanya-dhanya)]
Vaishnav...
Sam-drishti ne trishna tyaagi [Sees everything equally, rejects greed and avarice]
Par-stree jene maat re [Considers some one else's wife/daughter as his mother]
Jivha thaki asatya na bole [The toungue may get tired, but will never speak lies]
Par-dhan nav jhaalee haath re [Does not even touch someone else's property]
Vaishnav...
Moh-maaya vyaape nahi jene [A Vaishnav does not succumb to worldly attachments]
Dridh vairaagya jena man maan re [Who has staunch detachment to worldly pleasures]
Ram naam shoon taali laagi [Who has been edicted to the elixir coming by the name of Ram]
Sakal tirath tena tan maan re [For whom all the religious sites are in the mind]
Vaishnav...
Van-lobhi ne kapat-rahit chhe [Who has no greed and deciet]
Kaam-krodh nivaarya re [Who has renounced lust of all types and anger]
Bhane Narsaiyyo tenun darshan karta [The poet Narsi will like to see such a person]
Kul ekoter taarya re [By who's virtue, the entire family gets salvation]
Vaishnav...
Nachiketa
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(All thanks to: http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/all94/0016.html)
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