Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
सेवकें करावें स्वामीचें वचन । त्यासी हुंतूंपण कामा नये ॥1॥
घेइऩल जीव कां सारील परतें । भंगलिया चित्तें सांदी जनां॥ध्रु.॥
खद्योतें दावावी रवी केवीं वाट । आपुलें चि नीट उसंतावें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे तो Yाानाचा सागर । परि नेंदी अगर भिजों भेदें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A servant should follow the master's command. Self-importance has no place in service. Whether the Lord takes one's life or grants deliverance, one who is broken in spirit joins the crowd. A firefly cannot show the sun its way; one should simply keep one's own affairs in order. Says Tuka, He is an ocean of knowledge, yet He does not let the pride of distinction wet even an edge.
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Surrender and Acceptance
The conditions of spiritual receptivity and the letting go of the separate self.
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