Appeals and Exhortations

मजसवें आतां येऊं नका कोणी । सासुरवासिनी बाइयानो ॥१॥

Do not come along with me now, O married women. You cannot endure the insults of the world; people will speak harsh and …

शिकविलें तुम्हीं तें राहे तोंवरी । मज आणि हरी वियोग तों ॥१॥

Your teachings held sway only as long as I was separated from Hari. In the moment of union there is no awareness of the …

सांगतों तें तुम्हीं अइकावें कानीं । आमुचे नाचणीं नाचूं नका ॥१॥

Listen to what I say with your own ears: do not dance to the tune I dance to. As long as you still cling to past attachm…

परपुरुषाचें सुख भोगे तरी । उतरोनि करीं घ्यावें सीस ॥१॥

If you would enjoy the bliss of the supreme lover, then cut off your own head and offer it freely. Set fire to your worl…

अइकाल परी ऐसें नव्हे बाई । न संडा या सोई भ्रताराची ॥१॥

You will listen, but it is not easy, dear woman; do not abandon your bond with your husband. This is no casual detachmen…

हरीच्या जागरणा । जातां कां रे नये मना ॥१॥

Why does the mind resist going to Hari's night vigil? Where do you see any loss in it, when your lifespan is spent for n…

स्मशान ते भूमि प्रेतरूप जन । सेवाभक्तिहीन ग्रामवासी ॥१॥

That land is a cremation ground, and its people are walking corpses, where no service or devotion is found among the inh…

तीळ जाळिले तांदुळ । काम क्रोधे तैसे चि खळ ॥१॥

Sesame seeds and rice are scorched by lust and anger in just the same way. Why do you exhaust yourself in vain, O soul, …

मृगजळ दिसे साचपणा ऐसें । खोटियाचें पिसें ऊर फोडी ॥१॥

A mirage looks real enough to the eye; the madness of the false breaks its own heart in pursuit. Knowing all this, why d…

आतां तरी पुढें हाचि उपदेश । नका करूं नाश आयुष्याचा ॥१॥

Let this at least be my counsel going forward: do not waste your precious lifespan. I bow at the feet of all; purify you…

आतां उघडीं डोळे । जरी अद्यापि न कळे ॥ तरी मातेचिये खोळे । दगड आला पोटासि ॥१॥

Open your eyes now; if you still do not understand, then truly a stone was born from your mother's womb. A treasure like…

बोललों तें कांहीं तुमचिया हिता । वचन नेणतां क्षमा कीजे ॥१॥

Whatever I have spoken was only for your benefit; if my words seem improper, please forgive me. One who shows the way sh…

अझुनि कां थीर पोरा न म्हणसी किर । धरुनियां धीर लाजे बुर निघाला ॥१॥

Why will you not be still, child? Why not cry out in surrender? Gather your courage, for you are already exposed and ash…

कोणें तुझा सांग केला अंगीकार । निश्चिति त्वां थोर मानियेली ॥१॥

Tell me, who has taken you under their care? In whom have you placed such great confidence? Who gave you the advice not …

मारगीं बहुत । या चि गेले साधुसंत ॥१॥

Many saints and holy ones have already traveled this road. The scriptures declare aloud: do not wander off on side paths…

दिलें ठेवूं तें विसरसी हातीं । नेणों काय बैसला हरि चित्तीं वो ॥१॥

You forget even what has been placed in your own hands. Who knows what Hari has settled into your heart. Go on, step bac…

डोळे झाकुनि रात्र करूं नका । काळ करीत बैसला लेखा गा ॥१॥

Do not close your eyes and pretend it is night; Death sits making his account. Remember Rama's name now; seize this chan…

जागे होउनि करा कांहीं दान । नका ऐकोनि झाकों लोचन गा ॥१॥

Wake up and give something; do not close your eyes after hearing this. I proclaim Hari, Rama, Krishna, Vasudeva to all p…

जग जोगी जग जोगी । जागजागे बोलती ॥१॥

The wandering yogi calls out: wake, wake! The Lord of the world is awake; keep some devotion in reserve. Worship the gua…

सब संबाल भ्याने लौंढे खडा केऊं गुंग । मदिरथी मता हुवा भुलि पाडी भंग ॥१॥

Everyone is startled and stands stunned; intoxicated by the wine of delusion, they have lost their senses. Guard yoursel…

ऐक बाई तुज वो कांहीं सांगतें शकुन । निजलिया भुर होसी जागें म्हणउन ॥१॥

Listen, sister, I will tell you your fortune. You who have been sleeping, wake up, for that is why I speak. Honor my wor…

माझें माझें म्हणोनियां । गुंतगुंतों मेलीं ॥१॥

Saying 'mine, mine,' they got hopelessly entangled and perished. Nothing here is real; bow at the guru's feet. Come, tos…

आली लळिताची वेळ । असा सावध सकळ ॥१॥

The hour of the final song has come; let everyone be alert. Hurry, remember the Lord of the universe and clap your hands…

गर्जा जेजेकार हरि हृदयीं धरा । आळस नका करूं लाहानां सांगतों थोरां ॥१॥

Raise the cry of victory and hold Hari in your heart. Do not be lazy; I say this to the young and old alike. Come, come,…

अधिकार तैसा दावियेले मार्ग । चालतां हें मग कळों येतें ॥१॥

The path is shown according to one's capacity; its truth becomes clear only when one walks it. One should not burn the b…

आमचा विनोद तें जगा मरण । करिती भावहीण देखोवेखीं ॥१॥

What is playful sport to us is death to the world; the faithless imitate us blindly without understanding. Until one gra…

थोडें परी निरें । अविट तें घ्यावें खरें ॥१॥

Take what is small but pure; accept what is genuine and unfading. Take that which knows no depletion, where the seed mul…

न संडी अवगुण । वर्में मानीतसे सिण ॥१॥

One who will not give up bad habits secretly relishes the irritation they cause. What can punishment achieve when even t…

दुर्बळ हें अवघें जन । नारायणीं विमुख ॥१॥

All these people are wretched because they have turned their faces away from Narayana. They will depart empty-handed, sh…

विषयओढीं भुलले जीव । आतां यांची कोण करील कींव । नुपजे नारायणीं भाव । पावोनि ठाव …

Souls deluded by the pull of sense-pleasures, who will now show them compassion? They do not develop devotion to Narayan…

आले हो संसारा तुह्मी एक करा । मुक्तीमारग हळू चि धरा । काळदंड कुंभयातना थोरा । का…

You have come into this world; now do this one thing. Gently take the path of liberation. The rod of Death, the torment …

बरवें झालें आलों जन्मासी । जोड जोडिली मनुष्य देहा ऐसी । महा लाभाची उत्तम रासी । …

How blessed it is that I was born and received this priceless treasure of a human body. It is the greatest of all gains,…

मागुता हा चि जन्म पावसी । भोगिलें सुखदुःख जाणसी। हें तों न घडे रे सायासीं । कां …

You will take this very same birth again and know the pleasure and pain you have already tasted. This cannot be gained t…

जंव हें सकळ सिद्ध आहे । हात चालावया पाये । तंव तूं आपुलें स्वहित पाहें । तीर्थया…

While all your faculties are still intact, your hands and feet still move, look to your own welfare. Go on pilgrimage; d…

निगमाचें वन । नका शोधूं करूं सीण ॥1॥

Do not exhaust yourselves searching the forest of the Vedas. Come to the house of the cowherds, where He is tied up with…

बहुतें गेलीं वांयां । न भजतां पंढरीराया ॥1॥

So many have wasted their lives by not worshiping the Lord of Pandhari. They serve petty deities, grasping and clinging …

विषयाचें सुख एथें वाटे गोड । पुढें अवघड यमदंड ॥1॥

The pleasure of the senses seems sweet here, but ahead lies the dreadful punishment of Yama. His servants beat, hack, an…

आतां असों मना अभक्तांची कथा । न होइप दुिश्चता हरिनामीं ॥1॥

Now let us set aside the tales of the faithless, so that no impurity enters the worship of Hari's Name. One should never…

नका वांटूं मन विधिनिषेधांसी । स्मरावा मानसीं पांडुरंग ॥1॥

Do not scatter your mind among rules and prohibitions. Remember Panduranga within your heart. Once food has been eaten, …

नको होऊं देऊं भावीं अभावना । या चि नांवें जाणा बहु दोष ॥1॥

Do not allow faithlessness to corrupt what is already good. This itself, know well, is the gravest of faults. The rains …

मढें झांकुनियां करिती पेरणी । कुणबियाचे वाणी लवलाहें ॥1॥

The farmer covers the corpse of a dead animal and ploughs right over it, quickly putting it to use as manure. In just th…

भूतीं भगवंत । हा तों जाणतों संकेत ॥1॥

I know the principle that God dwells in all beings. I release my goods freely; let each one recognize the quality for hi…

होयें वारकरी । पांहे पांहे रे पंढरी ॥1॥

Become a pilgrim. Go, go, and see Pandhari. All pride will vanish and every longing will be fulfilled. Says Tuka, the da…

येथें नाहीं उरों आले अवतार । येर ते पामर जीव किती ॥1॥

Even the great incarnations did not endure in this world forever; how much less so these ordinary souls? Beware of becom…

न करावी आतां पोटासाटीं चिंता । आहे त्या संचिता माप लावूं ॥1॥

Do not worry about the belly any longer. Let us put the measure to whatever destiny has provided. Fix your gaze upon the…

जातो न येतिया वाटा । काय निरवितो करंटा ॥1॥

He walks the road from which there is no return, yet what provisions does this wretched one carry? How shameless he has …

वांटा घेइप लवकरि । मागें अंतरसी दुरी । केली भरोवरी। सार नेती आणीक ॥1॥

Take your share quickly; if you delay, you will be left behind. Others will carry off the treasure while you stand with …

तेज्या इशारती । तटा फोक वरी घेती ॥1॥

Strong horses respond to a gesture; they take the whip only across the back. What more need be said? Listen and take it …

जीवन हे मुH नर जाले पावन । तजा हो दुर्जनसंगति ही ॥1॥

Souls are liberated and people are purified by this alone: abandon the company of the wicked. A tiny grain of poison in …

द्रव्याचिया मागें किळकाळाचा लाग । ह्मणोनियां संग खोटा त्याचा ॥1॥

Death follows in the footsteps of wealth; therefore its company is treacherous. Planting the root of hell behind him, a …

सदैव तुह्मां अवघें आहे । हातपाय चालाया ॥1॥

You are fortunate, for everything is still in your possession. Your hands and feet still move. Your mouth has speech, yo…

ऐसे पुढती मिळतां आतां । नाहीं सत्ता स्वतंत्र ॥1॥

If all these forces converge in the future, you will have no independence at all. Therefore seize what is available now …

आपलाल्या तुह्मी रूपासी समजा । कासया वरजा आरसिया ॥1॥

Know your own true form. Why do you blame the mirror? This is not a matter of body-consciousness; it is a gift that Nara…

आठवे देव तो करावा उपाव । येर तजीं वाव खटपटा ॥1॥

If you remember God, seek that remedy. Abandon all other useless struggles. Wake up, please wake up! Why do you tire you…

फजितखोरा मना किती तुज सांगों । नको कोणा लागों मागें मागें ॥1॥

O shameless mind, how many times must I tell you? Do not follow after anyone. Through attachment, suffering has clung to…

कुटल्याविण नव्हे मांडा । अळसें धोंडा पडतसे ॥1॥

Without kneading, bread cannot be made. With laziness, one falls like a stone. Do not hold anger in your mind; I am tell…

बुद्धीचा पालट धरा रे कांहीं । मागुता नाहीं मनुष्यदेह ॥1॥

Change the direction of your mind and hold on to something real. This human body will not come again. You make no effort…

असे हीत माझें तुज कांहीं एक । धरीं विठ्ठलीं प्रेम हें पायिं सूख ॥1॥

I have one thing to say for your benefit: fix your love on Vitthal, for joy lies at His feet. With all my being, I have …

गति अधोगति मनाची युिH । मन लावीं एकांतीं साधुसंगें ॥1॥

Elevation or downfall depends on the mind's own resolve. Steady the mind in solitude and the company of the holy. Guard …

ऐकें रे जना तुझ्या स्वहिताच्या खुणा । पंढरीचा राणा मनामाजी स्मरावा ॥1॥

Listen, O people: here are the marks of your true welfare. Hold the Lord of Pandhari in your mind and remember Him alway…

कां रे दास होसी संसाराचा खर । दुःखाचे डोंगर भोगावया ॥1॥

Why have you become the donkey of this worldly life, O man, carrying mountains of sorrow? The sweetness of fine food las…

क्या कहुं नहीं बुझत लोका । लिजावे जम मारत धका ॥1॥

What can I say? These people will not understand. Let death come and give them a shove. Why do you cling to life? Death …

नहिं एकदो सकल संसार । जो बुझे सो आगला स्वार ॥1॥

It is not one or two; the whole world is in the same boat. Whoever wakes up first is the real horseman. The one seated a…

कवनका मंदर कवनकी झोपरी । एकारामबिन सब हि फुकरी ॥1॥

Whose is the palace and whose the hut? Without Rama alone, everything is hollow. Whose is the body and whose the illusio…

राजे लोक सब कहे तूं आपना । जब काल नहीं पाया ठाना ॥1॥

Kings and people, you call everything your own, but when death comes, nothing remains. All the mind's busyness and world…

केते मालुम नहिं पडे । नन्हे बडे गये सो ॥1॥

How many have departed without a trace, both small and great? There is no count of fathers and brothers gone before. You…

तनजोबनकी कोन बराइऩ । ब्याधपीडादि स काटहि खाइऩ ॥1॥

What pride is there in the body and its youth? Disease and affliction will gnaw it all away. I would build a memorial, b…

अरे गििळले हो संसारें । कांहीं तरि राखा खरें । दिला करुणाकरें । मनुष्यदेह सत्संग…

O people, the world has swallowed you whole! At least save something real. The compassionate Lord has given you a human …

हरि हरि तुह्मीं ह्मणा रे सकळ । तेणें मायाजाळ तुटइऩल ॥1॥

All of you, say Hari, Hari. By doing so, the web of maya will be torn apart. Do not load yourselves with useless burdens…

कैसें असोनि ठाउकें नेणां । दुःख पावाल पुढिले पेणा ॥1॥

How is it that, though you know the truth, you act as if you do not? You will suffer in your next dwelling. Wake up now,…

ऐसी जिव्हा निकी । विठ्ठल विठ्ठल कां न घोकी ॥1॥

Such a fine tongue you have; why does it not chant Vitthala, Vitthala? Where salvation is to be found, one should keep c…

धन्ये शुद्ध जाती । धरीं लौकरी परती ॥1॥

Blessed is the pure lineage; quickly turn back from the wrong path. Let what you have heard with your ears ripen within …

जीवित्व तें किती । हें चि धरितां बरें चित्तीं ॥1॥

How long is this life? Hold this truth firmly in your heart. The words of the saints are like flowers: gentle, full of e…

पोटापुरतें काम । परि अगत्य तो राम ॥1॥

Work only as much as the belly requires, but let your true urgency be for Rama. This alone is the essential task: hold P…

बहुतां जन्मां अंतीं । जोडी लागली हे हातीं ॥1॥

After countless births, this treasure has finally come into our hands. There is no place like the human body; fix your d…

शाहाणियां पुरे एक चि वचन । विशारती खुण ते चि त्यासी ॥1॥

For the wise, a single word is enough; that very sign opens everything to them. Teaching exists for many kinds of people…

ऐसे सांडुनियां घुरे । किविलवाणी दिसां कां रे । कामें उर भरे । हातीं नुरे मृित्तक…

Why do you look so pitiful, abandoning such treasure? Desire fills the chest, yet only dust remains in your hands. Pandu…

पुराणींचा इतिहास । गोड रस सेविला ॥1॥

I have savored the sweet essence of the histories told in the Puranas. These are not hollow, empty words or loose and po…

बहुत सोसिले मागें न कळतां । पुढती काय आतां अंध व्हावें ॥1॥

I have suffered much in the past through ignorance. Now, going forward, should I remain blind? Fix your attention on the…

किती या काळाचा सोसावा वळसा । लागला सरिसा पाठोवाठीं ॥1॥

How long will you endure the circling grip of Time, which follows you relentlessly? Free yourselves from the eighty-four…

वाटे या जनाचें थोर बा आश्चर्य । न करिती विचार कां हिताचा ॥1॥

I am greatly amazed at these people. Why do they not consider what is good for them? What confidence do they carry in th…

काय एकां जालें तें कां नाहीं ठावें । काय हें सांगावें काय ह्मुण ॥1॥

What happened to some is well known. Why must it be told again? They see it with their eyes, they hear it with their ear…

एक पाहातसां एकांचीं दहनें । सावध त्या गुणें कां रे नव्हा ॥1॥

You watch the cremations of one person after another; why do you not wake up? Cry out to God with urgency and fear, befo…

ऐका पंडितजन । तुमचे वंदितों चरण ॥1॥

Listen, O learned ones, I bow at your feet. Do not engage in the praise of mere mortals; hear my humble request. Food an…

येथें बोलोनियां काय । व्हावा गुरू तरि जाय ॥1॥

Why speak so much here? If you want to be a guru, then go and be one. I cannot tolerate anything crooked before this sac…

मनुष्यदेहीं तया नाट लागलें । अघोर साधिलें कुंभपाक ॥1॥

One born in a human body who wastes it has only earned the horrors of hell. Why was such a person born at all? Better to…

पैल घरीं जाली चोरी । देहा करीं बोंब ॥1॥

A robbery has taken place in another man's house, yet it is your own body that raises the alarm. What good is all your s…

किती वेळा खादला दगा । अझून कां जागसी ना ॥1॥

How many times have you been deceived, and yet you still refuse to wake up? Have you no shame as you wander from village…

मुदलामध्यें पडे तोटा । ऐसा खोटा उदीम ॥1॥

When the principal itself is being lost, such a trade is surely worthless. Are you not ashamed before those who have giv…

निरोप सांगतां । न धरीं भय न करीं चिंता ॥1॥

When delivering a message, do not be afraid and do not worry. Let each person's burden rest upon their own head; you sim…

नको बोलों भांडा । खीळ घालुन बैस तोंडा ॥1॥

Stop your bickering and put a lock on your mouth. Listen to the virtues of Vithoba; lend your ears with reverence. Why d…

पालथे घागरी घातलें जीवन । न धरी च जाण तें ही त्याला ॥1॥

Pour water into an overturned pot and it will not hold a single drop; the same is true of such a person. Having taken bi…

तडामोडी करा । परि उत्तम तें भरा ॥1॥

Make whatever compromises you must, but fill your vessel with what is truly excellent. Seek out that which settles the a…

तारुण्यदशे अधम मातला । दवडी हात पाय कान ॥1॥

Intoxicated by youth, the wretched one squanders hands, feet, and ears. What has happened to these fools who throw away …

दिनदिन शंका वाटे । आयुष्य नेणवतां गाढें ॥1॥

Day by day doubt grows; one does not know how swiftly life slips away. How deluded are these poor souls, hemmed in by th…

अवघे चि निजों नका अवघिये ठायीं । वेळ अवेळ तरी सांभाळावी कांहीं ॥1॥

Do not all fall asleep in every corner; whether the hour be right or wrong, keep some watch. Guard yourselves, guard you…

काळोखी खाऊन कैवाड केला धीर । आपुलिया हितें जाले जनामध्यें शूर ॥1॥

They swallowed darkness and made boldness their armor; in pursuit of their own good they became heroes in the eyes of th…

पिकवावें धन । ज्याची आस करी जन ॥1॥

Cultivate that wealth which all people long for, which endures no matter how much is spent or given away, which cannot b…

नको धरूं आस व्हावें या बाळांस । निर्माण तें त्यांस त्यांचें आहे ॥1॥

Do not cling to hopes for these children; what is destined for them is already theirs. Save yourself first; free yoursel…

भले लोक तुज बहु मानवती । वाढेल या कीतिऩ जगामाजी ॥1॥

Good people will honor you greatly; your fame will grow in the world. You will say: the cattle are gone, the vessels wer…