II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

देहबुद्धी जयां वसे लोभ चित्ती I
आपुले जाणती परावे जे II
तयासी चालतां पाहिजे शिदोरी I
दुःख पावे करी असत्य तो II
तुका म्हणे धर्म रक्षाया कारणे I
छाया इच्छी उन्हे तापला तो II

In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj   talks about what One, who is in the firm grip of "I am the body" idea, must do to seek Self Realisation. He says, in the unending cycle of deaths and rebirths, One must accumulate as much virtue as possible by doing pious deeds, for it is the seed of all that unfolds in his future births.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, man is the architect of his own destiny, for every thought and action of him culminates in his future experience. He says, everyone in this rare human birth has an opportunity to attain Self Realisation provided One consciously does Self Effort just like a man seeks shade of a tree to save him from the hot sun.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, what happens in our present birth is due to what we did in our past lives over which we have no control. But what we do in our present birth is in our hands and a conscious self effort of doing good deeds will not gp in vain."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II