Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
देवासी लागे सकळांसी पोसावें । आह्मां न लगे खावें काय चिंता ॥1॥
देवा विचारावें लागे पापपुण्य । आह्मासी हे जन अवघें भलें ॥ध्रु.॥
देवासी उत्पित्त लागला संहार । आह्मां नाहीं फार थोडें काहीं ॥2॥
देवासी काम लागला धंदा । आह्मासी ते सदा रिकामीक ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे आह्मी भले देवाहून । विचारितां गुण सर्वभावें ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
God must feed and sustain everyone; we need not worry about what we shall eat. God must weigh sin and merit; for us, all people are simply good. God must handle creation and destruction; for us, nothing is too much or too little. God must manage all the business and activity; we are forever free and at leisure. Says Tuka, when you consider it with full consideration, we are actually better off than God.
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Surrender and Acceptance
The conditions of spiritual receptivity and the letting go of the separate self.
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