II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

बोलविसी माझे मुखे I

परी या जनां वाटे दुःख II

जया जयाची आवडी I

तया लागी ते चरफडी II

कठीण देतां काढा I

जल्पे रोगी मेळवी काढा II

खाऊं नये तेचि मागे I

निवारितां रडो लागे II

वैद्या भीड काय I

अतित्याई जीवे जाय II

नये भिडा सांगो आन I

पथ्य औषधा कारण II

धन माया पुत्र दारा I

हे तो आवडी नरका थारा II

तुका म्हणे यांत I

आवडे ते करा मात II

"In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, O'Lord, the words which You are conveying to people through me make them sad because it's not what they want to hear. This rare human birth is a unique opportunity to seek GOD Realisation. But man does exactly opposite and gives more importance to material riches and his worldly relations than to the true purpose of this precious human birth.

Illustrating with a beautiful analogy of patient and doctor he says, man always strives for that which he likes to do the most.

He says, the patient shuts his mouth feeling the distaste of the bitter medicine given to him by doctor. He wants to eat that which the doctor has warned him to avoid and cries if someone tells him to refrain from eating what he wants to eat.

He says, the doctor's diagnosis knows no inhibitions, for life of patient is at stake if the patient does not follow what the doctor wants him to do.

He says, it's not what the patient wants to eat but what doctor wants him to eat, that is paramount, for adhering to doctor's instructions is the only way to recovery. 

Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, it is up to us what we want to attain, the recovery or GOD Realisation or the aggravation in the disease of the repeated sufferings."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II