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.

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).

विवेकचुडामणि

दोषेण तीव्रो विषयः कृष्णसर्पविषादपि ।
विषं निहन्ति भोक्तारं द्रष्टारं चक्षुषा~प्ययम् ॥

कृष्णसर्प - dark snake
निहन्ति - kill/destroy
भोक्तारं - one who swallows/eats/experiences
द्रष्टारं - one who sees

A sense object is more virulent than the poison of a king cobra. The poison of king cobra kills only him who swallows it but the a sense object brings about the death of him who merely looks at it.

मोक्षस्य काङ्क्षा यदि वै तवास्ति त्यजातिदूराद् विषयान् विषं यथा ।
पीयूषवत्तोष-दयाक्षमार्जव-प्रशान्तिदान्तीर्भज नित्यमादरात् ॥ ८४

मोक्षस्य काङ्क्षा - desire for Moksha/salvation
यदि वै तवास्ति - if you ever have
त्यजातिदूराद् - renounce/throw far away
विषयान् विषं यथा - all material desires (desires pertaining sense objects) as if they are poison
पीयूषवत्तोष - nectar of contentment and
दयाक्षमार्जव-प्रशान्तिदान्ती: - compassion, forgiveness (ability to forgive), straightforwardness/simplicity truthfullness, calmness
भज नित्यमादरात् - drink continuosly with great respect/eagerness

If you ever desire liberation, fling away all desires as if they were poison. Drink daily with great eagerness the nectar of contentment, compassion, forbearance, truth, straightforwardness, calmness and self control.

विवेकचुडामणि - आदि शंकराचार्य
Translation - P. Sanakaranarayanan

Surrender - Gandhi

I must go. . . with God as my only guide. He is a jealous Lord. He will allow no one to share His authority. One has, therefore, to appear before Him in all one’s weakness, empty-handed and in a spirit of full surrender, and then He enables you to stand before a whole world and protects you from all harm.

Not until we have reduced ourselves to nothingness can we conquer the evil in us. God demands nothing less than complete self-surrender as the price for the only real freedom that is worth having. And when a man thus loses himself he immediately finds himself in the service of all that lives. It becomes his delight and his recreation. He is a new man, never weary of spending himself in the service of God’s creation.

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.