Surrender, truth needs no force
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
सत्य सत्यें देतें फळ । नाहीं लागत चि बळ ॥1॥
ध्यावे देवाचे ते पाय । धीर सकळ उपाय ॥ध्रु.॥
करावी च चिंता। नाहीं लागती तत्वता ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे भावें । शरण ह्मणवितां बरवें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Truth itself bears fruit through truth. No force is needed. Contemplate God's feet; patience is the remedy above all. Worry need not be carried at all; it does not reach the essence of things. Says Tuka, it is good to be called one who has taken refuge, with sincere devotion.
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In Plain Words
Truth bears its fruit through truth; no force is needed. Contemplate God's feet; patience is the remedy above all. There is no need to carry worry at all; it never reaches the heart of things. Tuka says: with sincere love, it is good to be called one who has taken refuge.
What it means
Tukaram is quieting the anxious effort that people bring to the spiritual life. Truth does its own work and ripens on its own; you do not have to push it. The single practice he names is to rest the mind on God's feet, with patience as the whole method. Worry is useless because it never touches the real nature of things. What is good, he says, is simply to be one who has truly taken refuge, with sincere love.
Surrender and Acceptance
The conditions of spiritual receptivity and the letting go of the separate self.
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