II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

कावळ्याच्या गळां मुक्ताफळमाळा I

तरी काय त्याला भूषण शोभे II

गजालागी केला कस्तुरीचा लेप I

तिचे तो स्वरूप काय जाणे II

बकापुढे सांगे भावार्थवचन I

वाउगाचि सीण होय त्यासी II

तुका म्हणे तैसे अभाविक जन I

त्यांसी वायां सीण करू नये II

"In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, the words lose their voice when spoken to a Longingless devotee, for it all falls on deaf ears.

Illustrating this with beautiful analogies he says, it is as vainly as bejewelling a crow with the necklace of pearls or as futile as trying to convince a Heron to stay refrained from its instinctive predatory nature.

He says, no matter how irresistible is the aroma of musk otherwise, it makes no difference to an elephant when it is rubbed on him.

Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, just like teaching a pig to sing wastes time and instead annoys the pig, so is delivering a spiritual discourse  to the One who performs rituals meticulously but has no emotional resolve in what he is doing."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II