Faith, devotee and God are one
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
प्रारब्ध क्रियमाण । भक्तां संचित नाहीं जाण ॥१॥
अवघा देव चि जाला पाहीं । भरोनियां अंतर्बाहीं ॥ध्रु.॥
सत्वरजतमबाधा । नव्हे हरिभक्तांसि कदा ॥२॥
खाय बोले करी । अवघा त्यांच्या अंगें हरी ॥३॥
देवभक्तपण । तुका म्हणे नाहीं भिन्न ॥४॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
For devotees, there is destiny and present action, but know that accumulated karma no longer exists for them. God himself has become everything, filling both inner and outer. The bonds of the three qualities no longer afflict the devotees of Hari. Whatever they eat, speak, or do, it is all Hari acting through their bodies. Says Tuka, between God and his devotee, there is no separation.
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In Plain Words
For devotees there is still destiny and present action, but know this: their stored-up karma is gone. Look, God himself has become everything, filling them within and without. The three qualities no longer bind the devotees of Hari. Whatever they eat or speak or do, it is all Hari acting through their bodies. Tuka says: between God and his devotee there is no separation.
What it means
Tukaram describes what happens to a soul wholly given to Hari. The old accumulated karma that drives rebirth is dissolved; what remains plays out as present life, but its grip is broken. He says God has filled the devotee inside and out, so the three gunas that bind ordinary action no longer touch them. From there he makes the radical claim: their eating, speaking, and doing are Hari acting through them. The point lands in the last line, that for such a devotee there is no gap left between God and the one who loves God.
Faith and Trust
The boldness of faith, steadfastness, and the security of trusting in God.
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