II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
माकडे मुठीसी धरिले फुटाणे I
गुंतले ते नेणे हात तेथे II
काय तो तयाचा लेखावा अन्याय I
हित नेणे काय आपुले ते II
शुके नळीकेशी गोवियेले पाय I
विसरोनि जाय पक्ष दोन्ही II
तुका म्हणे एक ऐसे पशु जीव I
न चले उपाय काही तेथे II
" The rarest of rare human birth offers One an opportunity to strive for and attain liberation from the seemingly endless round of birth and death. What greater fool can there be than the man who has obtained this rare human birth together with bodily and mental strength and yet fails, through delusion, to realise his own highest good. In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj says that to be born as a human being is no small privilege. This life on earth is a halting place on the journey of Self Realisation. One comes in this world alone and will pass away alone from this world. None will help except what is done here in this life. One's deeds search and follow him, as calves follow their mothers even in the midst of big herd. The life is short and there are many obstacles to get over. Therefore One needs to exert with earnestness and hence must not waste time, but utilise every moment for the noblest of causes. Illustrating with beautiful analogies Sant Tukaram Maharaj says,
For trapping monkeys the hunter uses a vessel having an opening just large enough for a monkey's open paw to go through and then places a sweet treat inside it. An unsuspecting monkey smells the treat inside the vessel and reaches in to collect it. However the opening which is just large enough for critter's (an animal) open paw to go in, is too small to allow it's clenched paw to pass back through. No matter how much the monkey yanks, it cannot escape as long as it tries to hang on to the treat. Desperately yanking and hauling, the monkey trys to pull free but still clutches that handful of food as the hunter approaches closer and closer. The trap works because the monkey is focussed on obtaining the food inside and doesn't understand that the price of trying to obtain that particular morsel will be it's own freedom, it's own survival. It's not that the monkey is stupid, it's just that letting go seldom occurs to it. The monkey is caught by its own rigid values, not by the physical structure of the trap.Just like the monkey trap which dooms the monkey, the trap of this illusory world can snare us if we aren't careful. Just like monkey we must be beware of short term thinking which is the inability to place immediate events into the context of what is in our long term interest. One must make a conscious effort to make most of this rarest of rare human birth fruitful, by evading the trap of attachment to worldly desires before the death hunter swallows it's bait.
A Fowler sets a tube trap to catch a parrot. The hollow tube has a thread in it. The parrot is attracted by the bait. As soon as it sets it's feet on the tube, the tube turns along with the parrot by its weight. Seeing the sky below it's feet, the parrot is insinuated with fear of falling into the abyss of this bottomless pit. Haunted by this delusion, the parrot forgets to wing off this traumatic experience and hence evade this trap.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says that just like the parrot and monkey, the illusion of worldly attachments snares One in the trap of unending cycle of deaths and rebirths. One must make a conscious effort to become free of this bondage and let go of the temptation to hold onto the worldly attachments. Only then the journey of Self Realisation may culminate to fruition. "
II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II
माकडे मुठीसी धरिले फुटाणे I
गुंतले ते नेणे हात तेथे II
काय तो तयाचा लेखावा अन्याय I
हित नेणे काय आपुले ते II
शुके नळीकेशी गोवियेले पाय I
विसरोनि जाय पक्ष दोन्ही II
तुका म्हणे एक ऐसे पशु जीव I
न चले उपाय काही तेथे II
" The rarest of rare human birth offers One an opportunity to strive for and attain liberation from the seemingly endless round of birth and death. What greater fool can there be than the man who has obtained this rare human birth together with bodily and mental strength and yet fails, through delusion, to realise his own highest good. In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj says that to be born as a human being is no small privilege. This life on earth is a halting place on the journey of Self Realisation. One comes in this world alone and will pass away alone from this world. None will help except what is done here in this life. One's deeds search and follow him, as calves follow their mothers even in the midst of big herd. The life is short and there are many obstacles to get over. Therefore One needs to exert with earnestness and hence must not waste time, but utilise every moment for the noblest of causes. Illustrating with beautiful analogies Sant Tukaram Maharaj says,
For trapping monkeys the hunter uses a vessel having an opening just large enough for a monkey's open paw to go through and then places a sweet treat inside it. An unsuspecting monkey smells the treat inside the vessel and reaches in to collect it. However the opening which is just large enough for critter's (an animal) open paw to go in, is too small to allow it's clenched paw to pass back through. No matter how much the monkey yanks, it cannot escape as long as it tries to hang on to the treat. Desperately yanking and hauling, the monkey trys to pull free but still clutches that handful of food as the hunter approaches closer and closer. The trap works because the monkey is focussed on obtaining the food inside and doesn't understand that the price of trying to obtain that particular morsel will be it's own freedom, it's own survival. It's not that the monkey is stupid, it's just that letting go seldom occurs to it. The monkey is caught by its own rigid values, not by the physical structure of the trap.Just like the monkey trap which dooms the monkey, the trap of this illusory world can snare us if we aren't careful. Just like monkey we must be beware of short term thinking which is the inability to place immediate events into the context of what is in our long term interest. One must make a conscious effort to make most of this rarest of rare human birth fruitful, by evading the trap of attachment to worldly desires before the death hunter swallows it's bait.
A Fowler sets a tube trap to catch a parrot. The hollow tube has a thread in it. The parrot is attracted by the bait. As soon as it sets it's feet on the tube, the tube turns along with the parrot by its weight. Seeing the sky below it's feet, the parrot is insinuated with fear of falling into the abyss of this bottomless pit. Haunted by this delusion, the parrot forgets to wing off this traumatic experience and hence evade this trap.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says that just like the parrot and monkey, the illusion of worldly attachments snares One in the trap of unending cycle of deaths and rebirths. One must make a conscious effort to become free of this bondage and let go of the temptation to hold onto the worldly attachments. Only then the journey of Self Realisation may culminate to fruition. "
II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II
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