II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

आशा ही समूळ खणोनि काढ़ावी I
तेव्हाची गोसावी व्हावे तेणे II
नाही तरी सूखे असावे संसारी I
फाजिति दूसरी करू नये II
आशा मारुनिया जयवंत व्हावे I
तेव्हाची निघावे सर्वातुनि II
तुका म्हणे जरी योगाची तातड़ी I
आशेची बोबुड़ी करी आधी II

It is said that,
" If desires remain and breaths are over, it is death. If breaths remain and desires are over, it is Liberation. "
In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj talks about "Desirelessness" as not a prescription for Self Realisation but the description of same. He says,
Desirelessness will neither come about by talking about it nor by an intellectual feat. One can attain it by subjecting himself to constant heart churn.
True renunciation is not what you have or don't have. It is only your state of consciousness. He emphasises on internal renunciation where the worldly objects are not renounced, but only the attachment to the worldly objects is renounced. However mere external renunciation may seem to be a facade or a veil of deception to hide all the desires One is secretly harboring within.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, Renunciation is casting away of One's lesser Self armed by his false ego sense, One can attain True Renunciation by relinquishing the sense slavery as it is the only way to realise the Absolute within. "

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II