nimkarkedar

lahaanpan degaa devaa

mungee saakharecha rawaa

“Oh god let me be small to live like ant eating tiny pieces of sugar”

ऐरावत रत्न थोर
त्यासी अन्कुशाचा मार

airaavat ratan thor
tyasi ankushaachaa maar

“No doubt Airaawat (heavenly elephant of Lord Indra) is great and gracious but still he gets beaten up by the mahout

जया अंगी मोठेपण

तया यातना कठीण

jayaa angee mothepan
tayaa yaatanaa katheen”So anyone who becomes great or legend he has to go through greater pain because, being great, a person has to bear pains”तुका म्हणे बरवे जाण
व्हावे लहानाहुनी लहान

tukaa mhane barve jaan

vhaave lahaanaahunee lahaan”Tukaram says be smallest be humblest and be simplest

“महापुरे झाडे जाती,

mahaapure zaade jaatee
tethe lavhaal vaachatee“Because during floods even large trees get wiped out but tiny plant like moss remain intact”