They have forsaken greed and deceit, They stay afar from lust and anger, Narsi says: I'd be grateful to meet such a soul, Whose virtue liberates their entire lineage. Influence [ ] This song became popular during the life time of M.K.Gandhi and was rendered as bhajan in his Sabarmati Ashram. It was popular among freedom fighters throughout India. Often sung by singers since then, it serves as the final song to end a concert and touch music lovers with the philosophical thought of poet Narasinh Mehta. In 1999, this song was rendered in a single album by artists such as classical vocalists and, pop singer and also including musician, Pandit Narayan on the, musician and exponent played an instrumental rendition. Along with ', the song is also sung regularly by classical choral group The Capital City Minstrels at their annual Peace Concerts coinciding with. [ ] Carnatic guitarist created an instrumental guitar version of the prayer in 2013.
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( April 2014) () Elements of the hymn were included in the Hollywood film (1982), in Bollywood films like (2005), (2007) and (2009), and film (2000). The hymn was also used as a title song for several. In the Telugu movie (2014), the first stanza of the song is used during the climatic scene. In the Malayalam movie (2011), the first stanza of the song is used in the climatic scene and sung. The song also appears in the Gujarati biopic of the author Kunvar Bainu Mameru'. An instrumental rendition of the song was featured in the strategy video game Sid Meier's as the musical theme for the Indian civilization.