Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
मनसुं किया चाहिये पाख । उपर खाक पसारा ॥1॥
कामक्रोधसो संसार । वो सिरभार चलावे ॥2॥
कहे तुका वो संन्यास। छोडे आस तनकी हि ॥3॥
रामभजन सब सार मिठाइऩ । हरि संताप जनमदुख राइऩ ॥ध्रु.॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The devotion of Rama is the sweetest essence of all. It removes the affliction and the sorrow of birth and death. True renunciation must be made within the mind. Outward show is nothing but dust spread over the surface. The world of lust and anger is the burden upon the head, and it drives one endlessly forward. Says Tuka, that is true renunciation: to give up even the longing for one's own body.
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Renunciation
The case for letting go of worldly attachments and turning wholly to God.
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