Shri Tukaram Charitam II Vol III Book VIII Chp 9 Shlokas 31 - 33
श्रीसद्गुरुरुवाच
इत्युक्त्वा सान्त्वयन् पत्नीं प्रहसन् भक्तपुङ्गवः |
इक्षुदण्डं तथा भग्नं प्रददौ प्रेमपूर्वकम् ||
दुःखेन लज्जया चापि हर्षेण प्रणयेन च |
भर्तारं पूजयामास लोकपूज्यं पतिव्रता ||
एवं भागवता लोके दारिद्रयेणापि पीडिताः |
क्षमया प्रनयेनापि दारानानन्दयन्ति ते ||
अजातशत्रवस्ते हि महाभागवतोत्तमः |
आनुकूल्यं हि सर्वत्र किं पुनः स्वगृहे बत ||
Shri Sadguru continued
Having consoled his wife thus smilingly, he took that broken sugar-cane stick in hand and gave it to her. That chaste woman, with great affection and mixed feelings of happiness and sadness, worshipped her husband who deserved the reverence of the whole world. Thus, bhagavatas of this kind make their wives happy with their love and endurance even though they suffer a lot on this earth due to their poverty. The great and virtuous bhagavatas do not entertain enmity of any kind anywhere. When the whole world seems favourable to them what to say about their own homes?
Thus ends Chapter Nine entitled ‘Tukaram Charitam II’ of Book VIII of Shri Vaishnava Samhita composed by Shri Shri Krishna Premi Swamigal.
