II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

जेथे कीर्तन करावे I
तेथे अन्न न सेवावे II
बुका लावू नये भाळा I
माळ घालूं नये गळा II
तट्टावृषभासी दाणा I
तृण मागों नये जाणा II
तुका म्हणे द्रव्य घेती I
देती तेही नरका जाती II

"In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj talks about the Self Constraints an Exponent of 'Kirtan', an Art of spiritual teaching through storytelling, must practice, for Art lives on constraint and dies of freedom.
He says, Kirtan is but a contemplation on a journey within, and therefore the Exponent must purposefully avoid wearing flower garlands and marking forehead with a black powder which symbolizes him as a devotee, for they inflate One's false ego sense thereby taking him away from his Self Quest.
He says, the Exponent must avoid eating food at the place of Kirtan and must go to the place where he performs Kirtan on his own without expecting conveyance.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj condemns those who charge money for performing Kirtan and those who pay for it, for anyone who refuses to Pray Now will Pay Later."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II