Saturday, September 8, 2012

Tuka Says - Laziness


काय करू मज नागविले आळसे । बहुत या सोसे पीडा केली ।।१।।
हिरोनिया नेला मुखीचा उच्चार । पडिले अंतर जवळी च ।।धृ।।
द्वैताचिया कैसा सापडलो हाती ।बहुत करती ओढाओढी ।।२।।
तुका म्हणे आता आपुलिया सवे । न्यावे मज देवे सोडवूनी ।।३।।

Another beautiful prayer by Saint Tukaram. Anyone who wants to do good but is pulled back by his own laziness, can identify himself in this poem.

He says laziness has completed defeated me, it has caused so much of pain, anguish and I am feeling helpeless against it.
It has taken away my regular process of chanting the Holy names of the God and caused so much distance between God and myself (because I no longer chant the names of the Lord, I'm no more near to Him).
How I've fallen into the hands of the dualities of this world! I'm being pulled into two different directions because of this.
Tuka prays to the God that Please take me with You and save me from the clutches of these (laziness/dualities).