Tukaram Gatha Abhang 62 - Sukh paahata javapade

 Tukaram Gatha Abhang 62

सुख पाहतां जवापाडें । दुःख पर्वताएवढें ।।१।।

धरीं धरीं आठवण । मानीं संताचें वचन ।।२।।

नेलें रात्रीनें तें अर्धे । बाळपण जराव्याधे ।।३।।

तुका म्हणे पुढा । घाणा जुंतीजसी मूढा ।।४।।

 English Script

1. Sukh paahata javapade, dukkha parvataevadhe

2. Dharee dharee aathavan, maanee santanche vachan

3. Nele ratreene te ardhe, balapan jaravyadhe

4. Tuka mhane pudhaa, ghanaa junteejasee moodha.

 Translation

Everybody is in pursuit of happiness. But all efforts to attain happiness are misdirected. Saint Tukaram explains in this abhanga, that the only way to permanent happiness is through adherence to the advice of the saints.

 1. The happiness a man gets in this world is as tiny as a grain of Barley. However, the sorrow is as big as a mountain!

2. My dear mind, remember this and live life in accordance with the saint's advice.

3. Because, look at the way your life is getting spent. Half of it has gone in sleep, some years have gone in childhood and some will go in old age as well as sicknesses.

4. If you don't remedy your situation right now, by listening to the advice of the saints, then you will remain bound to the cruel churning wheel of births and deaths. You will face torture, like a bull bound to a mechanical oil mill.

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