Faith, no fear with God as friend
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
भय हरिजनीं । कांहीं न धरावें मनीं ॥1॥
नारायण ऐसा सखा । काय जगाचा हा लेखा ॥ध्रु.॥
चित्त वित्त हेवा । समर्पून राहा देवा ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे मन । असों द्यावें समाधान॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Let the devotees of Hari hold no fear in their chitta. When Narayana is one's friend, what does the world's opinion matter? Offer your chitta, your wealth, and your longing to God, and remain at peace. Says Tuka, let the mind abide in contentment.
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In Plain Words
Devotees of Hari, hold no fear in the heart. When Narayana is your friend, what is the world's reckoning worth? Give your heart, your wealth, your longing to God, and stay there. Tuka says: let the mind rest in contentment.
What it means
Tukaram speaks to those who belong to Hari and tells them to carry no fear inside. The reasoning is simple: when Narayana himself is your friend, the opinion and accounting of the world counts for nothing. He asks for a full handover, of mind, of wealth, of every craving, placed with God, and then for the soul simply to remain there. The fruit of that surrender is a mind that abides in settled contentment.
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