Faith, the Father's wealth
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
भावबळें विष्णुदास । नाहीं नास पावत ॥1॥
योगभाग्यें घरा येती । सर्व शक्ति चालत ॥ध्रु.॥
पित्याचें जें काय धन । पुत्रा कोण वंचील ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे कडे बैसों । तेणें असों निर्भर ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
By the strength of devotion, the servants of Vishnu are never destroyed. By their yogic fortune, all powers come to their door. Who would withhold a father's wealth from his own son? Says Tuka, we sit upon His lap, and by that alone we are utterly secure.
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In Plain Words
By the strength of love, the servants of Vishnu are never destroyed. By their good fortune every power comes walking to their door. The father's wealth: who would withhold it from his own son? Tuka says: we sit on his lap, and by that we have nothing to fear.
What it means
Tukaram is saying that devotion itself is the protection. The one who loves God is never undone; the powers that others chase come of their own accord to such a person's door. He frames it as inheritance: a son does not beg his father for what is already his, and no one can keep it from him. So the servant of Vishnu sits in God's lap like a child, and from that place fear simply does not reach him.
Faith and Trust
The boldness of faith, steadfastness, and the security of trusting in God.
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