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of the worldly life is caused by the evil qualities just as a scorpion's sting brings one trouble.' There is no pleasure in entering the world one should not be filled with foolish greed. This world is a prison of sorrow; it has no means of contriving happiness. In the body is a heap of filth and ordure; kindred are the acquisitions the mind makes for itself. It is no use carrying on this bodily life in the world which is full of so many defects and evils. There is no everlasting peace in the world. Worldly life is full of attachments and their consequent sufferings. The world is hollow grain; the innermost reality is God. It is, therefore, better to forget all worldly purposes and remember the name of Vithoba." Tukarama does not feel interested in such a transient worldly life and its affilictions. The worldly pleasures fail to bring the final peace and contentment. He is tortured in this world, and therefore, he requests God to wipe off the source of birth and death. He craves for freedom from such ever-repeating process of birth and death of saṁsāra. He is disgusted with the world, and therefore, craves for the grace of God who can redeem him of the samsara forever. His merit and demerit may not be easily and early exhausted, and therefore, his hope for liberation can be fulfilled only by the mercy of God."
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2 Ibid. 2328, p. 336.
3 Ibid. 2338, p. 339.
1 Fraser J. N. and Marathe K. B. (Tr.): The Poems of Tukarama, Vol. II, 1821, p. 203.
4 Ibid. 2339, p. 339. 5 Ibid. 1844, p. 209. Ibid. 1846, p. 209.
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