Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
नये इच्छूं सेवा स्वइच्छा जगाची । अवYाा देवाची घडे तेणें ॥1॥
देहाचा निग्रही त्याचें तो सांभाळी । मग नये किळ अंगावरी ॥ध्रु.॥
आपलिया इच्छा माता सेवा करी । न बाधी ते थोरी येणें क्षोभें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे सांडा देखीचे दिमाख । मोडसीचें दुःख गांड फाडी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One should not desire the world's service on one's own terms. Doing so is an act of contempt toward God's command. God takes care of the one who disciplines the body. Then one should feel no revulsion at whatever comes. A mother serves the child of her own accord. That service does not become harmful because of the child's tantrums. Says Tuka, abandon the vanity of outward show. The pain of stubbornness tears the arse open.
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Surrender and Acceptance
The conditions of spiritual receptivity and the letting go of the separate self.
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