Bhaj Govindam Verse 12

Bhaj Govindam  Verse 12 is the second last verse written by Guru Shankarachaya himself, the following verse we will read will be the spark ignited in his disciples, by this intense outburst from the heart of Guru Shankaracanya when he saw even the so called learned, who have read the scriptures behaving like fools. Does knowledge come from outside or inside? True knowledge is there, intact within all of us. All that we read outside, is but like soap to cleanse layers of dirt that deters the brightness of our true divine self from shining. When through persistent and consistent effort, the purification is complete - Valmikij sings the Ramayan, Tulsiji the Manas and Shankaracharyaji the Bhaj Govindam. All the mantra, shlokas, stotras and scriptures we read are but the divine glow, that shines bright from within the one who has come to know God. The likes of Bhaj Govindam are not meant to be kept on the tongue, but to be internalised and lived. When they become a part of us, there will spring from within an experience that is only ours. But, Alas, the unfortunate ones, spend a life time memorising (Verse 1), what has to be lived and miss the very path of self realisation.  In this last verse, he sadly proclaims that no amount of divine counsel(verse 2 to verse 11) can save the one who has decided to revel in Maya and by choice has covered his eye with delusion.  Verse 12 दिनयामिन्यौ सायं प्रातः,  शिशिरवसन्तौ पुनरायातः।  कालः क्रीडति गच्छत्यायुस्तदपि  न मुन्च्त्याशावायुः dina yāminyau sāyaṃ prātaḥ śiśira vasantau punarāyātaḥ | kālaḥ krīḍati gacChatyāyuḥ tadapi na muñchatyāśāvāyuḥ ‖  The twelfth verse said to me - Shruti Says