Wear and tear - Gandhi

Those who believe in God’s guidance just do the best they can and never
worry. The sun has never been known to suffer from over-strain and yet who
slaves with such unexampled regularity as he ! And why should we think that
the sun is inanimate? The difference between him and us may be that
he has no choice, we have a margin, no matter how precarious it may
be. But no more speculation of this sort. Suffice it for us that we
have his brilliant example in the matter of tireless energy. If we
completely surrender to His will and really become ciphers, we too
voluntarily give up the right of choice and then we need no wear
and tear.

Gandhi

Bhaja Govindam - Adi Shankaracharya

तुका म्हणे

आळस पाडी विषयकामी । शक्ती देई तुझ्या नामी ॥
हे चि विनवणी विनवणी । विनविली धरा मनी ॥
आणिक वचना मुकी वाणी । तुमच्या गर्जो द्यावी गुणी ॥
तुका म्हणे पाय डोळा । पाहे एरवी आंधळा ॥

Let me be lazy with the sense pleasures and empower me with your name.
I request you again and again, please accept.
Let me sing loudly when I'm singing you (your qualities), let me be mute otherwise.
Let me have eyes (vision) when I'm seeing you, let me be blind otherwise.

Sant Tukaram

स्त्रियांचा तो संग नको नारायणा । काष्ठा या पाषाणामृत्तिकेच्या ॥
नाठवे हा देव न घडे भजन । लांचावले मन आवरे ना ॥
दृष्टिमुखें मरण इंद्रियाच्या द्वारें । लावण्य ते खरे दुःखमूळ ॥
तुका म्हणे जरी अग्नि जाला साधु । परी पावे बांधू संघट्टणें ॥


पराविया नारी रखुमाईसमान । हे गेले नेमून ठायींचे चि ॥
जाई वो तूं माते न करी सायास । आम्ही विष्णुदास नव्हों तैसे ॥
न सहावे मज तुझे हे पतन । नको हे वचन दुष्ट वदों ॥
तुका म्हणे तुज पाहिजे भ्रतार । तरी काय नर थोडे जाले ॥

How can I know if God Exists? - H. H. Radhanath Swami

लक्षूनियां योगी पाहाती आभास । तें दिसे आम्हांस दृष्टीपुढे ॥
कर दोन्ही कटी राहिलासे उभा । सांवळी हे प्रभा अंगकांती ॥
व्यापुनि वेगळें राहिलांसे दूरी । सकळा अंतरी निर्विकार ॥
रूप नाही रेखा नाम ही जयासी । आपुल्या मानसी शिव ध्याय ॥
अंत नाही पार वर्ण नाही थार । कुळ याति शिर हस्त पाद ॥
अचेत चेतले भक्ताचिया सुखें । आपुल्या कौतुकें तुका म्हणे॥

Yogis try hard to realize him through meditations and He is here, standing in front of us.
He is standing here with both his hands beautifully placed onto his waist. He has dark blue/black complexion .
He occupies everything that exists and is still different from everything. He is present inside everyone and is still without any shape.
He does not have any form, name etc and Lord Shiva is always meditating Him.
He does not have any beginning or end, does not have any color, caste, creed, hands or legs.
And Tuka says, such almighty Lord has taken a form, for the pleasure of His devotees and for his own Lila.

अभंग - संत तुकाराम

This abhang is a prayer to Lord Vitthal.
So simple, so beautiful !
 




देवा आता ऐसा करीं उपकार । देहाचा विसर पाडीं मज ॥धृ॥
तरीं च हा जीव सुख पावे माझा । बरें केशीराजा कळों आले ॥१॥
ठाव देई चित्ता राखे पायापाशी । सकळ वृत्तींसी अखंडित ॥२॥
आस भय चिंता लाज काम क्रोध । तोडावा संबंध यांचा माझा ॥३॥
मागणे ते एक हे चि आहे आता । नाम मुखी संतसंग देई ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे नको वरपंग देवा । घेई माझी सेवा भावशुद्ध ॥५॥

He prays - let me forget (everything about)this body. (It is good that) now I have understood that only then will I be really happy. Let all my senses/all actions/my mind be focused towards your feet (Let them not be deflected by anything else). Please break all my relations with hope (expectation), fear, worries, shyness, lust, anger. There is only one request now, let me always remember your name and let me always be in the company of saints (sadhoos, nice people). Tuka says - let my service be with pure devotion, let there not be any hypocrisy(वरपंग ? not sure of this) in it.