II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
धीर तो कारण एकविध भाव I
पतिव्रते नाही सर्वभावे II
चातक हे जळ न पाहती दृष्टी I
वाट पाहे कंठी प्राण मेघा II
सूर्यविकसिनी नेघे चंद्रामृत I
वाट पाहे अस्त उदयाची II
धेनू येऊं नेदी जवळी आणिका I
आपुल्या बाळकाविण वत्सा II
तुका म्हणे नेम प्राणां संवसाटी I
तरीच माझ्या गोष्टी विठोबाच्या II
"Just like a little child, for every little need turns to his mother and not to neighbours or other relatives, One must seek GOD with One Pointed Devotion, believing resolutely that nothing else but only He is the Saviour.
In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj talks about One Pointed Devotion ( अनन्य भक्ति). He says, there is nothing more blissful than having One Pointed Devotion to the Divine. When One seeks GOD by One Pointed Devotion, he sees GOD in everybody and everything. By virtue of One Pointed Devotion to GOD, the devotee is able to realise GOD in his Self.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj illustrates One Pointed Devotion by meaningful analogies. He says, just like a faithful wife loves her husband wholeheartedly, One must seek GOD with One Pointed Devotion, without any expectations. He says, One needs courage of conviction and immense patience to do so, but GOD doesn't let down his true devotee, for He can see us inside out.
In another analogy he says, it is believed that Chatak Bird drinks rain water drop by drop as it pours down. However thirsty it may be, it does not drink any other kind of water, not from the streams or rivers. But when it gets thirsty, it calls the Rain GOD to make it rain and it is said that it's call never goes unanswered. Just like Chatak Bird's One Pointed Devotion to Rain GOD, One must have absolute faith that no matter what happens, GOD is always his fallback.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, a sunflower eagerly awaits sunrise and bothers not about the nectar of immortality which the moon showers in the full moon night. Just like the sunflower, the seeker must awaIt GOD with absolute faith that soon GOD's light will shine him out of darkness, for you cannot walk in darkness when GOD is with you.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, just like a cow allows only her calf to come near her, the One Pointed Devotion seeks only GOD and nothing else.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, when the devotee relies on GOD alone, the Lord leaves His own abode and enters the heart of the devotee, for the devotee to feel GOD's presence within him always."
Ii श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II
धीर तो कारण एकविध भाव I
पतिव्रते नाही सर्वभावे II
चातक हे जळ न पाहती दृष्टी I
वाट पाहे कंठी प्राण मेघा II
सूर्यविकसिनी नेघे चंद्रामृत I
वाट पाहे अस्त उदयाची II
धेनू येऊं नेदी जवळी आणिका I
आपुल्या बाळकाविण वत्सा II
तुका म्हणे नेम प्राणां संवसाटी I
तरीच माझ्या गोष्टी विठोबाच्या II
"Just like a little child, for every little need turns to his mother and not to neighbours or other relatives, One must seek GOD with One Pointed Devotion, believing resolutely that nothing else but only He is the Saviour.
In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj talks about One Pointed Devotion ( अनन्य भक्ति). He says, there is nothing more blissful than having One Pointed Devotion to the Divine. When One seeks GOD by One Pointed Devotion, he sees GOD in everybody and everything. By virtue of One Pointed Devotion to GOD, the devotee is able to realise GOD in his Self.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj illustrates One Pointed Devotion by meaningful analogies. He says, just like a faithful wife loves her husband wholeheartedly, One must seek GOD with One Pointed Devotion, without any expectations. He says, One needs courage of conviction and immense patience to do so, but GOD doesn't let down his true devotee, for He can see us inside out.
In another analogy he says, it is believed that Chatak Bird drinks rain water drop by drop as it pours down. However thirsty it may be, it does not drink any other kind of water, not from the streams or rivers. But when it gets thirsty, it calls the Rain GOD to make it rain and it is said that it's call never goes unanswered. Just like Chatak Bird's One Pointed Devotion to Rain GOD, One must have absolute faith that no matter what happens, GOD is always his fallback.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, a sunflower eagerly awaits sunrise and bothers not about the nectar of immortality which the moon showers in the full moon night. Just like the sunflower, the seeker must awaIt GOD with absolute faith that soon GOD's light will shine him out of darkness, for you cannot walk in darkness when GOD is with you.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, just like a cow allows only her calf to come near her, the One Pointed Devotion seeks only GOD and nothing else.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, when the devotee relies on GOD alone, the Lord leaves His own abode and enters the heart of the devotee, for the devotee to feel GOD's presence within him always."
Ii श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II
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