II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

होऊं नका कांही या मना आधीन I

नाईके वचन याचे कांही II

हटीयाची गोष्टी मोडून टाकावी I

सोई ही धरावी विठोबाची II

आपुले आधीन करुनियां ठेवां I

नाही तरी जीवा घातक हे II

तुका म्हणे झाले जे मना आधीन I

तयांसी बंधन यम करी II

"In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj talks about the paramount importance of taming our monkey mind, going in more than one direction at a time, swinging from one branch of thought to the next. He says, the finest way to entice the monkey to come down from the tree and rest, is to tether the mind to the post within by the Name Worship of GOD Vithoba.

Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, the repeated sufferings are inevitable for those who choose not to be Master, but slave of their mind."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II