Sunday, October 3, 2010

नाम - Sant Tukaram

नाशवंत देह नासेल हा जाणा । का रे उच्चाराना वाचे नाम ॥
नामेचि तारिले कोट्यान हे कोटी । नामे चि वैकुंठी बैसविले ॥
नामापरते सार नाही त्रिभुवनीं । ते का तुम्ही मनी आठवाना ॥
तुका म्हणे नाम वेदांसी आगळे । ते दिले गोपाळे फुकासाठी ॥

Please understand that this temporary/impermanent body will surely be lost, so please chant name of the Lord.
God's name has delivered billions of people previously, and it is the one which will put you into the Vaikunth (abode of Lord Vishnu).
There's no other thing in the three worlds which is comparable to the name of the Lord, why don't you rememer that name in your mind.
Tuka says, God's name is even difficult to understand for Vedas, Lord Krishna (Gopal) has given it for free.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

बरे झाले देवा - Sant Tukaram

बरे झाले देवा निघाले दिवाळे । बरी या दुष्काळे पीडा केली ॥
अनुतापे तुझे राहिले चिंतन । जाला हा वमन संवसार ॥
बरे झाले देवा बाईल कर्कशा । बरी ही दुर्दशा जनामध्ये ॥
बरे झाले जगी पावलो अपमान । बरे गेले धन ढोरे गुरे ॥
बरे झाले नाही धरिली लोकलाज । बरा आलो तुज शरण देवा ॥
बरे झाले तुझे केले देवाईल । लेकरे बाईल उपेक्षिली ॥
तुका म्हणे बरे व्रत एकादशी । केले उपवासी जागरण ॥

Lord, its very good that I got bankrupt, it is good that this draught brought about lot of pain. During all this pain, I was always thinking about you, thus whole material world became like a vomit to me (it became as callous to me as vomit).
Lord, it is good that my wife is always shouting at me, it is good that I face predicament in the society.
It is good that I was insulted by the society, its nice that I lost all my money and domestic animals.
I did this good thing by not thinking about what people will say and I surrendered to you.
Its good that I worshipped you and did not pay much attention to my wife and children.
Tuka says, I did well to do Ekadashi fast and Jagaran (staying up all night, singing/listening about Lord).