II श्रीराम जय राम जयj जय राम II

असो खळ ऐसे फार I
आम्हां त्यांचे उपकार II
करिती पातकांची धुणी I
मोल न घेतां साबणी II
फुकाचे मजूर I
ओझे वागविती भार II
पार उतरून म्हणे तुका I
आम्हा आपण जाती नरका II

"All the criticism is ultimately a blessing in disguise."
In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, to feel offended when criticised is due to ego which is Manifestation of "I am the body" idea. He says, it is better to have such critics in abundance as they help One to make a conscious effort to maintain poise and equanimity when the mind is disturbed by criticism. Critics are the way GOD takes us into troubled waters, not to drown us, but to cleanse us from within.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, he is grateful to his critics and all those who point out his weaknesses, for it is in a way an emancipation from the bondage of "I am the body" idea.
The fault finder is unaware that he is doing a great service to the One he is criticising. It imparts a wonderful opportunity to the One who is criticised to look within, and hence cleanse everything that becomes a hurdle on his journey of Self Realisation. Unknowingly the critic is doing an unpardonable sin. But for the One who is criticised, it is a boon, for complaining is finding faults and Wisdom is finding solutions."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II