Surrender, offer all to God
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
विचारा वांचून । न पवीजे समाधान ॥1॥
देह त्रिगुणांचा बांधा । माजी नाहीं गुण सुदा ॥ध्रु.॥
देवाचिये चाडे । देवा द्यावें जें जें घडे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे होतें । बहु गोमटें उचितें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Without reflection, one cannot attain peace. The body is a structure of the three gunas, yet the Self within is free of all qualities. For the love of God, offer to God whatever comes to pass. Says Tuka, this is the finest and most fitting practice.
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In Plain Words
Without reflection you cannot find peace. The body is a knot of the three gunas. Inside it the Self has no quality at all. For the love of God, give to God whatever happens. Tuka says: this is good, this is the most fitting thing of all.
What it means
Tukaram joins clear seeing to total surrender. First he says peace will not come without reflection, and the reflection he means is this: the body is woven of the three gunas, while the Self within carries no quality and is untouched by them. Once you see that, the right response is to hand everything that happens, pleasant or painful, back to God as an offering made for love of Him. He calls this the finest and most fitting practice, better than any anxious effort to manage life yourself. Knowing what you are and giving the rest away are one movement.
Surrender and Acceptance
The conditions of spiritual receptivity and the letting go of the separate self.
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