Gatha Abhang 930 – Saahoniyaa tole uravaave saar - साहोनियां टोले उरवावें सार

 Gatha Abhang 930 – Saahoniyaa tole uravaave saar

Marathi Text

साहोनियां टोले उरवावें सार । मग अंगीकार खऱ्या मोलें ॥१॥
भोगाचे सांभाळीं द्यावें कलेवर । संचिताचे थार मोडूनियां ॥२॥
महत्वाचे ठायीं भोगावी अप्रतिष्ठा । विटवावें नष्टां पंचभूतां ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे मग कैंचा संवसार । जयाचा आदर तेचि व्हावें ॥४॥

Roman Script

1. Saahoniyaa tole uravaave saar, maga angeekar kharyaa mole

2. Bhogaache saambhaalee dyaave kalevar, sanchitaache thaar modooniyaa

3. Mahattvaache thaayee bhogaavee apratisthaa, vitavaave nashtaa panchabhootaa

4. Tuka mhane maga kaichaa sanvasaar, jayaachaa aadar techi vhaave.

 

Translation

1. Just as a diamond retains its true nature even after enduring the blows of a hammer - and it is precisely this unchanging quality that gives it value and leads the world to accept it. In the same way, when a person does not lose their true self despite facing repeated attacks from the world, their worth becomes evident, and even God accepts them.

2. With the help of knowledge, one should break the foundation of ignorance that supports accumulated (sanchit) and current (kriyamana) karmas, and surrender the body to destiny (prarabdha). Then, even if the body experiences pleasure or pain, the mind remains unaffected due to its union with knowledge, and no sorrow arises within.

3. Where there is an opportunity to receive honor and recognition, one should deliberately choose to face dishonor and insult instead. One should criticize the body composed of the perishable five elements and the five sense objects. By doing so, attachment to honor, respect, the body, and the sensory pleasures no longer remains.

4. Tuka says, once such a state is firmly established within, how can worldly attachments trouble that person? That person becomes what they admire. If one has great respect for God, they become one with the Divine and experience true joy.

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