Tukaram Gatha Abhang 73 - Maya Brahma aise mhanatee dharmathak

Tukaram Gatha Abhang 73

माया ब्रम्ह ऐसें म्हणती धर्मठक । आपणासरिसे लोक नागविले ।।१।।

विषयीं लंपट शिकवी कुविद्या । मनामागें नांद्या होऊनि फिरे ।।२।।

करुनी खातां पाक जिरे सुरण राई । करितां अतित्याई दुःख पावे ।।३।।

औषध द्यावया चाळविलें बाळा । दावूनियां गुळा दृष्टीपुढें ।।४।।

तरावया आधीं शोधा वेदवाणी । वांजट बोलणीं वारा त्यांचीं ।।५।।

तुका म्हणे जयां पिंडाचें पाळण । न घडे नारायण भेटे तयां ।।६।।

 English Script

1. Maya Brahma aise mhanatee dharmathak, aapanasarise lok naagvile

2. Vishayee lampat shikavee kuvidyaa, manaamage naandyaa houni phire

3. Karunee khaataa paak jire suran raai, karita atityaai dukkha paave

4. Aushadh dyavayaa chalavile balaa, dauniya gula drushteepudhe

5. Taraavaya adhee shodhaa vedavanee, vaanjat bolanee vara tyanchee

6. Tuka mhane jayaa pindaache paalan, na ghade Narayan bhete taya.

 Translation

In this Abhang Saint Tukaram is saying that those who love the body and indulge in the pleasures of the body will never find God. They are completely misled.

 1. There are self proclaimed fake proponents of religion, who preach that this illusory world (Maya,) and Brahman (the Transcendental Truth) are one and the same. They not only dupe others, they themselves also get misguided.

2. Such people are very much slaves of their senses and are addicted to sensory pleasures. They teach misleading things to other people and follow their own mind which is allured by the subjects dear to the senses. They resemble 'Nandi' - the carrier of Lord Shiva, who follows Shiva whatever He goes.

3. One must give a deep thought before acting. If you cook mustard seeds or Yam properly, then it can be digested well, but if you do the atrocity of eating them raw, you will suffer with stomach ache.

4. If you have to give bitter medicine to a child, you have to first give him a piece of jaggery to attract him.

5. If you want to cross this ocean of duality then you should study the Vedas, search and understand what the Vedas are saying. Keep the wasteful talks of fake preachers away from you.

6. Tuka says, Lord Narayana will never meet those who care only for the body and indulge in the pleasures of the body.

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