Saints, the longing fulfilled
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
सर्व सुखें आजी एथें चि वोळलीं । संतांचीं देखिलीं चरणांबुजें ॥1॥
सर्वकाळ होतों आठवीत मनीं । फिटली ते धणी येणें काळें ॥2॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
All joys have gathered here today. I have beheld the lotus feet of the saints. I had been remembering them in my mind at all times, and now, at last, that longing has been fulfilled.
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In Plain Words
All joys have gathered here today. I have seen the lotus feet of the saints. I was remembering them in my mind at every hour, and now, at last, that longing is full.
What it means
This short abhanga is the moment of meeting after long waiting. Tukaram says every joy has come together in one place, and the place is the feet of the saints, now before his eyes. He had been holding them in mind constantly, carrying an unsatisfied hunger. To see the saints in person is what finally fills that hunger to the brim. For Tukaram the company of holy people is not a lesser blessing; it is where all the joys arrive at once.
The Saints
The character and service of true saints: softer than butter, harder than diamond.
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