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nor blue; he is neither hard nor soft; He has none of the three attributes, yet He is endowed with great strength. He exists and does not exist in all things; He is incomprehensible by mind or reason; He is a sea of grace...' Thus, God is an abode of contradictory attributes and is incomprehensible by reason. He is beyond the capacity of the human mind. But although He is exactly like the Brahman, He has a personalistic nature. Tukārāma says in the same above poem "Though He pervades the world, there is somewhat left of Him, He stands at Pandhari, tempted by the bliss of devotion.” Tukārāma gives importance to the eternal existence of God and as compared with Him he regards all the transient things of the world and the world, insignificant. He calls it illusory and false. He says - "False is the world; Hari alone is real : apart from Him all the senses are futile. Silence is futile, a deceiving dream; all is fugitive, save thoughts of Hari. Futile is any acqui. sition, save that of Hari; if you cling to Him, says Tukā, you will speedily pass to Vaikuntha." Tukārāma is not willing to make distinction between himself and God. He says ".... God and his worshippers are not distinct.....Fuel becomes fire through contact with fire, a brook becomes the sea when it meets it."3
Tukārāma describes the oneness of God and the world in another poem. He says-- "Sugarcandy
| Fraser J. N. and Marathe K. B. (Tr.): The Poems of Tukārāma, Vol. II, 1657, p. 156.
2 Ibid. 1665, p. 159.
3 Ibid. 1673, p. 161. Ā 46
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