Surrender, the unburdened mind
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
हारपल्याची नका चित्तीं । धरूं खंती वांयां च ॥1॥
पावलें तें ह्मणा देवा । सहज सेवा या नांवें ॥ध्रु.॥
होणार तें तें भोगें घडे । लाभ जोडे संकल्पें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे मोकळें मन । अवघें पुण्य या नांवें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Do not hold sorrow in your chitta over what has been lost. Accept what has come as God's gift; that is the meaning of effortless service. Whatever is destined comes through experience; gain is won through right intention. Says Tuka, a free and unburdened mind is itself the whole of merit.
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In Plain Words
Do not keep grieving in your heart over what is lost; the sorrow is wasted. Say of whatever has come, 'It is God's'; that is what easy service means. Whatever is destined happens through experience; the real gain is won by right intention. Tuka says: a free, unburdened mind, that itself is the whole of merit.
What it means
Tukaram teaches a quiet surrender about loss and gain. He tells you to stop nursing grief over what is gone, since the grieving changes nothing and only wastes you. Instead, take whatever does arrive as given by God; receiving it that way is what effortless service actually is. He notes that what is fated will play out through experience anyway, and the gain that matters is decided by the intention you hold, not the outcome you grab. His conclusion makes the whole teaching simple: a mind left free and unburdened is itself the entire stock of merit you need.
Surrender and Acceptance
The conditions of spiritual receptivity and the letting go of the separate self.
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