II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
साहोनिया टोले उरवावे सार I
मग अंगीकार खऱ्या मोले II
भोगाचे सांभाळी द्यावे कळीवर I
संचिताची थार मोडूनिया II
महत्वाचे ठायीं भोगावी अप्रतिष्ठा I
विटंबावे नष्टा पंचभूतां II
तुका म्हणे मग कैचा संसार I
जयाचा आदर तेचि व्हावे II
" It is said that,
" Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the Essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for. "
In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj talks about God who is more interested in our character than he is in our comfort. He says, just like everybody wants to be a Diamond, but very few are willing to cut, a gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. Only when the trials of life test One to the extremes, the metal is ready for the Maker's Hand.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, we perform actions with certain desires. These desires forge chains for our future bondage. Only when One does his duties in a detached manner absorbing in the Holy Ram Nam and take everything such as body, mind, possessions as a trust from Divine Lord and considers himself as only a trustee, as his agent, then all the responsibility for the actions of the agent are transferred to the Lord Supreme. The agent is not liable for any loss or profit. However the trouble comes only when we try to misappropriate the trust property, our worldly existence.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, when a Bowman is about to shoot an arrow, the bundle of arrows in the quiver on his back is like Sanchit Karma (संचित कर्म), the arrow he has shot is Prarabdha Karma (प्रारब्ध कर्म) and the arrow he is about to shoot is the Kriyaman Karma(क्रियामाण कर्म). He says, for a Self Realised Soul the death comes to his bondage of Body Consciousness because he knows no other death. He continues to live in his physical form only on account of his Prarabdha Karma. The body of the Self Realised Soul will continue till the force of Prarabdha works itself out, and after the Prarabdha is exhausted it will drop off.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, the path to Self Realisation will unfold only when One transcends beyond " I am the body " idea. Therefore One must exercise caution regarding avoiding the situations where there might be glorification of his identity as a body. One needs to inculcate revulsion towards his perishable body which is bound to merge back into the five basic elements of universe from which it has come into existence. Such loathing towards One's body is a positive step closer to his ultimate goal, the Self Realisation.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, the Name Worship of Supreme Lord Shri Ram makes One distant from his body slowly but steadily and is a beautiful way to merge individual Consciousness to God Consciousness, the Supreme Bliss."
II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय जय राम II
II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II
साहोनिया टोले उरवावे सार I
मग अंगीकार खऱ्या मोले II
भोगाचे सांभाळी द्यावे कळीवर I
संचिताची थार मोडूनिया II
महत्वाचे ठायीं भोगावी अप्रतिष्ठा I
विटंबावे नष्टा पंचभूतां II
तुका म्हणे मग कैचा संसार I
जयाचा आदर तेचि व्हावे II
" It is said that,
" Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the Essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for. "
In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj talks about God who is more interested in our character than he is in our comfort. He says, just like everybody wants to be a Diamond, but very few are willing to cut, a gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. Only when the trials of life test One to the extremes, the metal is ready for the Maker's Hand.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, we perform actions with certain desires. These desires forge chains for our future bondage. Only when One does his duties in a detached manner absorbing in the Holy Ram Nam and take everything such as body, mind, possessions as a trust from Divine Lord and considers himself as only a trustee, as his agent, then all the responsibility for the actions of the agent are transferred to the Lord Supreme. The agent is not liable for any loss or profit. However the trouble comes only when we try to misappropriate the trust property, our worldly existence.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, when a Bowman is about to shoot an arrow, the bundle of arrows in the quiver on his back is like Sanchit Karma (संचित कर्म), the arrow he has shot is Prarabdha Karma (प्रारब्ध कर्म) and the arrow he is about to shoot is the Kriyaman Karma(क्रियामाण कर्म). He says, for a Self Realised Soul the death comes to his bondage of Body Consciousness because he knows no other death. He continues to live in his physical form only on account of his Prarabdha Karma. The body of the Self Realised Soul will continue till the force of Prarabdha works itself out, and after the Prarabdha is exhausted it will drop off.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, the path to Self Realisation will unfold only when One transcends beyond " I am the body " idea. Therefore One must exercise caution regarding avoiding the situations where there might be glorification of his identity as a body. One needs to inculcate revulsion towards his perishable body which is bound to merge back into the five basic elements of universe from which it has come into existence. Such loathing towards One's body is a positive step closer to his ultimate goal, the Self Realisation.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, the Name Worship of Supreme Lord Shri Ram makes One distant from his body slowly but steadily and is a beautiful way to merge individual Consciousness to God Consciousness, the Supreme Bliss."
II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय जय राम II
II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II
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