Tuka mhane tyaache paahiliya paay | maga dukha jaay sarva maajhe ||
Ramkrishnahari.
‘Karma’
in itself is ordained as a fabric of this creation. Whatever action we take (physically, mentally
or verbally), translates into a ‘praarabdha’ (accumulated karmic results ready
to be undergone). No one can escape from
it. The ‘praarabdha’ that we create is a
stencil for what we are going to experience in this very life or in our future
lives. This stencil once cut out cannot
be changed. We ourselves are its
architect. Not even the lord can alter
it because if he were to do so, he would be violating the principle of creation
itself which he himself has set up.
Moreover, he would stain himself with the blame of bias if he were to do
so. We might then wonder, of what avail
is it then, when we seek the recourse of spirituality in our lives? The result
of this recourse too works within the same principle of praarabdha’. When we turn spiritual, we indulge in a set
of actions which now create a divine stencil for the times to come. The more intense our spiritual endeavor, the
more glowing our stencil becomes. A time
comes when we are liberated from the creation of any stencil as we merge with
the universal self.
Life
therefore throws at us several situations which forces us to rethink and change
course to spirituality. Some realise it
sooner and some later. The lord and guru
patiently keep smearing us with coats of divine teachings until then.
While
the above process in place, the effects of ‘praarabdha’ do keep influencing
us. We see so many persons who are
deeply entrenched in divinity all through their lives but are at the same time
facing untold sufferings in the form of diseases or financial troubles or
issues in their families. Know it that
they are actually burning away their ‘praarabdha’. But by leading a life of divinity, they are simultaneously
creating a ‘praarabdha’ which eventually lands them up in a sphere where they
become free of the cycle of ‘karma’ and life & death itself.
This
is easier said. How can one persist with
consistent devotion when faced with waves after waves of struggles &
troubles in this world? Pain is a pain!!!
When there are troubles it does pain.
While in pain, how will we be able to remain devoted or remain spiritual? ‘Tuka’ says, don’t grieve तुका म्हणे त्याचे पाहिलिया
पाय । just by looking at his feet मग दुःख
जाय सर्व माझें, I have forgotten all my travails. Can there be a simpler formula to bypass the impact
of troubles? Note it that we are not
shunning the troubles - they are the resultants of our own ‘praarabdha’. But we are reducing its impact on us by
taking this approach. Now if we take a
close look at those persons who are deeply devoted in spite of being flung
hither & tither by their worldly troubles, we will realise that it is the
spirit of this teaching that keeps them going strong in their spiritual
endeavour.
Now
let’s spare a thought at those who are not faced with such a mountain of
struggles. They are reaping the crop of
their good ‘karmas’ of the past. Is it
therefore not pertinent that they should not just double or treble their spiritual
pursuits but should take this opportunity to exponentially multiply their
efforts to a level by which they get freed from this cycle of ‘karma’ and earn
for themselves a permanent merger with the universal Self.
The
discussion on this ‘charan’ we have had above is from our sphere. What trouble is ‘tuka’ experiencing? What is the ‘praarabdha’ that is ailing him ?
For a evolved saint like him, trouble itself has a different definition!!! Any moment spent without the communion of his
beloved ‘vithu’ is pain. It is very
similar to the pain that a toddler feels when separated from its mother. It never wants to leave its mother’s bossom. ‘tuka’ wants to be permanently at ‘pandhari’
and with his ‘mauli – vithu’ - पंढरीसी जावें ऐसें माझें मनीं । विठाई जननी भेटे केव्हां. In contrast to the ways of this world, any
material pleasure bereft of ‘vithu’s association, thrown at him actually burns
him like as if something smouldering has been flung at him न लगे त्याविण सुखाचा
सोहळा । लागे मज ज्वाळा अग्निचिया. He
therefore makes every attempt to sneak out of the grasp of not worldly troubles
but worldly pleasures! What a
state! Once he sneaks out and manages to
come to ‘pandhari’ and have a ‘darshan’ of the lord’s feet, he experiences
complete solace - तुका म्हणे त्याचे पाहिलिया पाय । मग दुःख जाय सर्व माझें. Let us pray at the feet of our ‘guru’ and
‘tuka’ that we too enter that realm soon.
Ramkrishnahari.
पंढरीसी
जावें ऐसें माझें मनीं । विठाई जननी भेटे केव्हां ॥१॥
न
लगे त्याविण सुखाचा सोहळा । लागे मज ज्वाळा अग्निचिया ॥२॥
तुका
म्हणे त्याचे पाहिलिया पाय । मग दुःख जाय सर्व माझें ॥३॥
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