Tukaram Gatha Abhang 67 - Bhaktahrunee dev bolatee puraane

 Tukaram Gatha Abhang 67

भक्तऋणी देव बोलती पुराणें | निर्धार वचनें साच खरीं ||१||

मागें काय जाणों आइकिली वार्ता | कबिरा सातें जातां घडया वांटी ||२||

माघारिया धन आणिलें घरासि | ने घे केला त्यासि त्याग तेणें ||३||

नामदेवाचिया घरासि आणिलें | तेणें लुटविलें द्विजां हातीं ||४||

प्रत्यक्षासी काय द्यावें हें प्रमाण | एकोबाचें ऋण फेडियलें ||५||

बीज दळोनियां केली आराधना | लागे नारायणा पेरणें तें ||६||

तुका म्हणे ऐसा नाहीं जया निर्धार | नाडला साचार तोचि एक ||७||

 English Script

1. Bhaktahrunee dev bolatee puraane, nirdhaar vachane saach kharee

2. Maage kaay jaano aaikilee varta, Kabira saate jata ghadya vantee

3. Maghariyaa dhan aanile gharaasi, ne ghe kela tyasi tyag tene

4. Namadevachiyaa gharaasi aanile, tene lutavile dvijaa hatee

5. Pratyakshasee kaay dyaave he pramaan, ekobaache roon phediyale

6. Beej daloniya kelee aaradhana, laage Narayana perane te

7. Tuka mhane aisa nahee jayaa nirdhaar, nadala sachar tochi ek.

 Translation

In this abhanga, Saint Tukaram is telling the devotees that God is very very kind. He narrates many old stories of God's grace. He also gives a very cute observation cum message at the end.

 1. The religious scriptures - puranas, are telling us that God is indebted to His true devotees. Oh God, show us, for sure, that this is true!

2. We have heard the incident of Saint Kabir, who was taking the cloth woven by him, to the market for selling. He saw poor people on the way and through compassion; he gave away the cloth to them.

3. On returning home, Kabir found that God had brought money to his home to pay for that cloth!

Kabir, too, didn't keep that money for himself. He gave it away (in donations).

4. Saint Namdev also did a similar thing. You brought the money to pay for the cloth, to his house also. However, he too, gave away that money in donations to Brahmins.

5. Is there any need to site more examples of Your kindness to Your true devotees? You also made Saint Eknath free from debt, by personally repaying his debt!

6. In another instance, Saint Bhanudas had used his grain, stored as seed for planting in his farm, to serve food to some saints, who had come to his house as guests. He ground that seed and made the flour, because there was no other food in his house! So, Lord Narayana personally went to his farm and sowed another seed in the field.

7. Tuka says, God does so much for His true devotees. However, those who don't have this kind of faith in God get trapped in the human body form and continue to face harassment for many births.

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