Outcry of the Discriminate!

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Outcry of the Discriminate!

 

Tumhaasee jaagawoo aamhi aapulya chaada - Baba aapulya chaada

Shubhashub karme dosh haraavayaa peedaa.

Aataan Swaamee sukhe nidraa karaa Gopala - Baba Sai dayaalaa

Purale manorath jato aapule sthalaa.

 

We shall wake you up for our own needs to destroy the torment that is

ours due to our fate, caused by our good or bad actions - Sant

Tukaram Maharaj

 

How easy is the discrimination between real and unreal, good and bad,

right and wrong and the doable and the undoable? Words of the wise

have always insisted that one should show discrimination between what

is good and what is bad for us. Discrimination requires knowledge and

by insisting on discrimination, a definite even if minor significance

is placed on the necessity of knowledge to seek Sadguru. However,

surrounded by the tigers and the wolves, is it an easy task? How does

one know whether a particular thing is right or wrong? On the other

hand, is it possible for anyone to know all the rights from the

wrongs? Can anyone assure that knowledge itself can help complete the

process of discrimination? The path shown by Sai says that strong

faith coupled with devotion is enough to win the grace of Sadguru who

guides one not only in the worldly pursuits but also in the spiritual

path.

 

God of the destitute, Saibaba of Shirdi has shown that simple

devotion shown to him with pure heart is enough to win his grace. The

devotee need not fall into the trap of trying to separate rights from

the wrongs for such a pursuit is not possible in one's lifetime. Sant

Tukaram Maharaj captures the same thoughts in his Abhang composition

in Sainath Maharaj's Shej Aarthi, where he asks the Lord to rescue

him from the consequences of actions that are not only good but also

bad! This is one sign of complete surrender at the feet of Sadguru

with the strongest conviction that whatever is retained is only the

good.