II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

पाठीलागा काळ येतसे या लागे I

मी माझे वाउगे मध्ये ऐसे II

आता आगी लागो ऐसिया वेव्हारा I

तूं माझा सोईरा पांडुरंगा II

वागविला माथां नसताची भार I

नव्हते साचार देखिले तों II

तुका म्हणे केले जवळील दुरी I

मृगजळ वरी आड आले II

"In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, the root cause of the repeated sufferings is the illusion of ' Me', 'Mine', and 'I am this body' idea. Assuming the 'Bodily Me' as the true reality is like the delusion of the ignorant mind to see water pools in the mirage.And therefore he earnestly implores GOD Panduraga to save him from this impending catastrophe.

He says, we are like a traveller illusioned by a mirage. In ignorance we accept the mirage like appearance of the 'Me' and 'Mine' as the reality while the Truth which we reject lies within us. 

Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, 'I am this body' idea is but the false association of the Soul with the physical elements. It does not exist any more than the water exists in the mirage. It only exists in our imperfect vision through the lens of ignorance or assuming ' That Which Is Not'."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II