II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
मोले घातले रडाया I
नाही असूं आणि माया II
तैसा भक्तिवाद काय I
रंगबेगडीचा न्याय II
वेठी धरिल्या दावी भाव I
मागे पळावयाचा पाव II
काजव्याच्या ज्योती I
तुका म्हणे न लगे वाती II
" GOD, as the bestower of the result of man's deeds, blesses a person with devotion to Him only when the devotee seeks devotion as the end and not as a means to realise something else. The Divine Lord becomes bound to such a devotee who is devoted to Him for His sake. Only when the devotee does not seek anything from GOD, the Divine Lord blesses him with devotion. In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj implores One to be single minded and wholehearted in his devotion to GOD. He says prefer the Supreme Being to all else, and everything else will fall into place. Talking about Reason-less devotion to GOD he says,
Love has no reason. When asked "Why?" the answer is "I don't know. I just do."
Because love does not come from the mind to know but from the heart to feel. True devotion is motivated by love alone and is devoid of selfish entanglements.
The limitless loving devotion to GOD is the highest elevation of which the heart is capable. It is the highest degree of prayer.
Illustrating with beautiful analogies he says, sometimes people are hired as professional mourners after the death of a relative. They publicly express the grief of family members who are not permitted to display emotion due to social status. These hired mourners make a scene crying out loud. Just like these hired people who cry for the sake of money and nothing else, the devotion to GOD merely as a routine procedure devoid of true love to Him is worthless. The Loveless Devotion to GOD is just like a porter who offloads his burden and goes away without looking back.
In another analogy Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, just like luminescence of Fireflies, the Lightening Bugs is not sufficient to light a lamp, the pompous flashiness of ritualistic display is just not enough to deceive GOD of One's pretensions devoid of true devotion.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, the rewards of life and devotion to GOD are love and ecstasy from within. He says, Pray with all your heart, and though Prayer does not change GOD, it makes a marked change in him who prays."
II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II
मोले घातले रडाया I
नाही असूं आणि माया II
तैसा भक्तिवाद काय I
रंगबेगडीचा न्याय II
वेठी धरिल्या दावी भाव I
मागे पळावयाचा पाव II
काजव्याच्या ज्योती I
तुका म्हणे न लगे वाती II
" GOD, as the bestower of the result of man's deeds, blesses a person with devotion to Him only when the devotee seeks devotion as the end and not as a means to realise something else. The Divine Lord becomes bound to such a devotee who is devoted to Him for His sake. Only when the devotee does not seek anything from GOD, the Divine Lord blesses him with devotion. In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj implores One to be single minded and wholehearted in his devotion to GOD. He says prefer the Supreme Being to all else, and everything else will fall into place. Talking about Reason-less devotion to GOD he says,
Love has no reason. When asked "Why?" the answer is "I don't know. I just do."
Because love does not come from the mind to know but from the heart to feel. True devotion is motivated by love alone and is devoid of selfish entanglements.
The limitless loving devotion to GOD is the highest elevation of which the heart is capable. It is the highest degree of prayer.
Illustrating with beautiful analogies he says, sometimes people are hired as professional mourners after the death of a relative. They publicly express the grief of family members who are not permitted to display emotion due to social status. These hired mourners make a scene crying out loud. Just like these hired people who cry for the sake of money and nothing else, the devotion to GOD merely as a routine procedure devoid of true love to Him is worthless. The Loveless Devotion to GOD is just like a porter who offloads his burden and goes away without looking back.
In another analogy Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, just like luminescence of Fireflies, the Lightening Bugs is not sufficient to light a lamp, the pompous flashiness of ritualistic display is just not enough to deceive GOD of One's pretensions devoid of true devotion.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, the rewards of life and devotion to GOD are love and ecstasy from within. He says, Pray with all your heart, and though Prayer does not change GOD, it makes a marked change in him who prays."
II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II
No comments:
Post a Comment