This devotional hymn became popular during the life time of Mahatma Gandhi and was rendered as a bhajan in his Sabarmati Ashram by vocalists and instrumentalists like Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar.
॥ધૃ॥ वैष्णव जन तो तेने कहिये जे पीड परायी जाणे रे । पर दुःखे उपकार करे तो ये मन अभिमान न आणे रे ॥ vaiṣṇava jana to tene kahiye je pīḍa parāyī jāṇe re, para duḥkhe upakāra kare to ye mana abhimāna na āṇe re Call those people Vaishnava who Feel the pain of others, Help those who are in misery, But never let self-conceit enter your mind.
॥૨॥ समदृष्टि ने तृष्णा त्यागी, परस्त्री जेने मात रे । जिह्वा थकी असत्य न बोले, परधन नव झाले हाथ रे ॥ sama-dṛṣṭi ne tṛṣṇā tyāgī, para-strī jene māta re, jihvā thakī asatya na bole, para-dhana nava jhāle hātha re They see all equally, renounce craving, Respect other women as their own mother, Their tongue never utters false words, Their hands never touch the wealth of others.
॥૩॥ मोह माया व्यापे नहि जेने, दृढ़ वैराग्य जेना मनमां रे । रामनाम शु ताळी रे लागी, सकळ तीरथ तेना तनमां रे ॥ moha māyā vyāpe nahi jene, dṛḍha-vairāgya jenā manamāṁ re, rāma-nāma śu tāḷī lāgī, sakaḷa tīratha tenā tanamāṁ re They do not succumb to worldly attachments, They are firmly detached from the mundane, They are enticed by the name of Rama, All places of pilgrimage are embodied in them.
॥૪॥ वणलोभी ने कपटरहित छे, काम क्रोध निवार्या रे । भणे नरसैयो तेनुं दरसन करतां, कुळ एकोतेर तार्या रे ॥ vaṇa-lobhī ne kapaṭa-rahita che, kāma krodha nivāryā re, bhaṇe narasaiyo tenuṁ darasana karatāṁ, kuḷa ekotera tāryā re They have forsaken greed and deceit, They stay afar from desire and anger, The worshipper says: I'd be grateful to meet such a soul, Whose virtue liberates their entire lineage.