II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

विषय तो मरणसंगी I
नेणे सूटिका अभागी II
शास्त्राचा केला लुंडा I
पाड़ियेला धोंडा II
अगदी मोक्ष नाही ठावा I
काय सांगावे गाढवा II
तुका म्हणे ग्यानगंड I
देवा सूखे पावो नाड II

"There is no darkness but ignorance."
In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj talks about ignorance which is the root cause of all sufferings. He says, One who is born yields to senses, but is sadly unaware that it is all a state of delusion. He says, no misfortune could be greater than to be born as human and to remain unaware of its true purpose, the Liberation.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, foolishness, a deadly combination of arrogance and ignorance, is doing ignorantly something forbidden repeatedly by Scriptures since time immemorial. But it happens because our ignorance doesn't allow us to discriminate between the Eternal and earthly, the Bliss and the suffering.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, the True Happiness comes from being Aware of Awareness. It is always the untruth that causes suffering. He says, only when One dares to abandon the untruth, the Absolute Truth shines in its full glory, for Truth makes One happy, Truth Liberates."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तू II