II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

देवाचे निर्माल्य कोण शिवे हाती I
संकल्पासी होती विकल्प ते II
वाहिले देह हे देवा एकसरे I
होईल ते बरे तेणे द्वारे II
होता भार त्याची निवारली खंती I
येथे आता रिती साठवण II
तुका म्हणे इच्छे पावविले कष्ट I
म्हणऊनि नष्ट दुरावली II

" There is a difference between giving and offering. When we give, we expect the others to receive. When we offer something, it can be accepted or rejected. The offer stands on its own and does not depend on acceptance to be relevant or generous. In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj says that he offers his bodily Self to the Supreme Divine by withdrawing into inner world and performing an internal sacrifice in the form of meditation and self absorption. He says, the human body seems like a cumbersome baggage that suffers from ailments, pain, aging, disease and such unpleasant stuff affecting it everyday. It can be imagined that there would be no more complications from carnal lust or primeval urges if we simply existed as some kind of pure soul.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says that when the pain of holding is worse than the pain of letting go, it is time to let go. He says that letting go of the desire ridden bodily Self is a blessing on his journey of Self Realisation. "

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II