The danger lifted, time to go home
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
यांसि समाचार सांगतों सकळा । चलावें गोकुळा ह्मणे देव ॥1॥
देव राखे तया आडलिया काळें । देव सुखफळें देतो दासां ॥2॥
दासां दुःख देखों नेदी आपुलिया । निवारी आलिया न कळतां ॥3॥
नाहीं मेघ येतां जातां देखियेला । धारीं वरुषला शिळांचिये ॥4॥
एवढें भक्तांचें सांकडें अनंता । होय निवारिता तुका ह्मणे ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
God told them the news. 'Let us go to Gokul,' He said. God protects His own when danger comes and gives the fruit of happiness to His servants. He does not let His servants see suffering; He removes it before it arrives, without their knowing. The clouds were not seen coming or going. The rain of boulders had fallen in torrents. Says Tuka, the Infinite One removes such great calamities from the path of His devotees.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
In Plain Words
God told them all the news: let us go to Gokul, he said. God guards his own when the time turns against them, and gives his servants the fruit of joy. He does not let his servants see suffering; he removes the trouble before it comes, without their knowing. No one saw the clouds come or go, yet the rain of stones had poured down in sheets. So great was the danger to his devotees, Tuka says, and the Infinite One lifted it away.
What it means
The cycle closes with the storm gone and God calling everyone home to Gokul. Tukaram gathers the whole episode into one steady claim about how God treats his own: he stands guard when the times turn hostile and clears away the trouble before it can touch them, often without their even noticing. The clouds came and went unseen, yet a rain of boulders had fallen; the danger was real and enormous. The point is that the Infinite One quietly carried it, and his servants were kept safe through it without ever having to bear the weight.
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