Sant Tukaram's Marathi abhanga on the joy of solitude among trees and birds, with Hari-katha as the only feast.
Sant Tukaram's farewell abhanga, sung as tradition holds he departed for Vaikuntha: a last Ram-Ram and the bonds of life released.
Sant Tukaram's hymn of rest in surrender: having seen Vitthal's feet, the restless mind has nowhere left to run.
Sant Tukaram's hymn of non-dual bliss: in a lake of joy every wave is joy, and words fall silent before the experience.
Sant Tukaram's hymn of longing for God: like the chakor for the moon and a child for its mother, his soul waits for Vitthal.
Sant Tukaram's short prayer to Vitthal: the one boon he asks is never to forget God, with the company of saints preferred to liberation or wealth.
Sant Tukaram's abhanga defining a true saint as one who embraces the distressed as his own, declaring that God is found in such a person.
Sant Tukaram's joyful picture of Vaishnavas dancing on the sands of the Chandrabhaga, bowing to one another and leaving pride behind.
Sant Tukaram prays for smallness: the ant tastes sugar while the great elephant bears the goad, so humility is the happier gift.
Sant Tukaram's invocation of Lord Vitthal standing on the brick at Pandharpur, hands on hips, in a Tulsi garland and yellow silk.
Sant Tukaram's call to sing Vitthal, meditate on him and behold him on the brick; his Name sweetens the mouth and breaks death's noose.
Tukaram Gatha abhanga no. 2481 — Sant Tukaram celebrates the oneness of all creation, with trees, creepers, and birds as kin leading the soul to meditation on Vitthal.