Tukaram Gatha abhang 55 - Upadhichya nave ghetala shintoda - उपाधीच्या न...

In this abhanga, Saint Tukaram is elaborating on the obstacles one encounters due to his ego.

उपाधीच्या नांवे घेतला शिंतोडा | नेदुं आतां पीडा आतळो तें ।।१।।
कशासाठीं हात भरूनि धुवावे | चालतिया गोवे मारगासि ।।२।।
कांहीं नाहीं देवे करूनि ठेविलें | असे ते आपुलें ते ते ठायीं ।।३।।
तुका म्हणे जेव्हां गेला अहंकार | तेव्हा आपपर बोळविले ।।४।।

 

English

Upaadheechyaa naave ghetala shintoda, nendu ataa pida aatalo te
Kashasathee haat bharuni dhuvaave, chaltiya gove maragaasi
Kahee nahee deve karuni thevile, ase te aapule te te thayi
Tuka mhane jevhaa gela ahankaar, tevhaa aapapar bolavile.

Translation
I have sanctified myself by sprinkling cow urine on things like attachment to the subjects of the bodily senses and attachment to the world. Now, these worries will not bother me anymore.
(There is an old practice of sprinkling cow urine on an object which may be considered as soiled or which has lost its sanctity. It is believed that cow urine has the property to sanctify the things it touches).

Why should one resort to soiling one's hands in filth and washing them again and again? It only creates obstacles in progressing on the path.

Is there anything that God has not created for us? Everything that God has created is ours and is for us. (You realize this and experience this when the ego is dissolved).

Tuka says, when the ego vanishes, the feeling of 'mine' and 'yours' (which is a product of Duality) vanishes.

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