Surrender, let things be and keep patience
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आह्मीं याची केली सांडी । कोठें तोंडीं लागावें ॥1॥
आहे तैसा असो आतां चिंतें चिंता वाढते ॥ध्रु.॥
बोलिल्याचा मानी सीण । भिन्न भिन्न राहावें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे आह्मांपाशीं । धीराऐसी जतन ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
We have already abandoned all that. Where now is there anything to attach ourselves to? Let things remain as they are. Worry only breeds more worry. I find weariness in everything already said. Let each remain separate. Says Tuka, what we carry with us is patience itself, and that is our safeguard.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
In Plain Words
We have already given all that up. What is left now to attach ourselves to? Let things stay as they are. Worry only breeds more worry. I find weariness in everything already said. Let each thing stay separate. Tuka says: what we carry with us is patience, and that is our safeguard.
What it means
Tukaram speaks from a place of having let go, where there is nothing left to grasp at. He counsels leaving things exactly as they are, because anxiety only feeds on itself and multiplies. Tired of going over old words and arguments, he chooses to let each matter rest apart rather than tangle them together. What remains as his only possession and protection is patience itself, the steady endurance that keeps the surrendered soul safe.
Surrender and Acceptance
The conditions of spiritual receptivity and the letting go of the separate self.
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