II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

वचन ते नाही तोड़ित शरीरा I
भेदते अंतरा वज्राऐसे II
कांही न सहावे काशाही कारणे I
संदेह निधान देह बळी II
नाही शब्द मुखी लागत तिखट I
नाही जड़ होत पोट तेणे II
तुका म्हणे जरी गिळे अहंकार I
तरी वसे घर नारायण II

"If the hurtful words pierce our heart and weigh our soul, it is all because we are in the strong grip of Duality, That Which Is Not, which creates a sense of separateness in us, when in reality the Omnipresent and All Pervading Supreme Essence is divisionless. In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, the sense of calling our body as us is the root cause of all sufferings. He says, our mind is like a cloudy sky, in essence clear and pure, but overcast by false ego sense which roots "I am the body" idea deep within us.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, only Self Realisation dispels the clouds of ignorance of "I am the body" idea. As the sense of separateness dissolves, there is nothing like "This is mine" and "This is yours" that prevails any longer. The Self Realised Soul having realised that "I am the body" idea itself is the real affliction, remains untouched by what someone calls him by his bodily apparel.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, the ignorance of "I am the body" idea must die, or nothing of Divine can live in us, for Supreme Lord Narayan sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II