दिवे होऊया Dive Houya (Let Us Become Lamps)

कवी म्हणतात, आपण दिवे उजळून स्वतः दिवे बनूया आणि स्वतः जळत जळत हे जग उजळून टाकूया.

At the very start of the poem, the poet urges us to light lamps and become lamps ourselves, illuminating the world even as we burn. This expresses the idea of giving light and joy to others through one's own sacrifice - just as a lamp burns itself to give light to others, so too should a person selflessly strive for others, the poet suggests.

कवी म्हणतात, दुःखी लोकांचे डोळे पुसून त्यांच्या अश्रूंच्याच ज्योती करूया. रात्र कितीही अंधारी असली, तरी आपण त्या अंधाराला आव्हान देऊया.

In the following lines, the poet says let us wipe away the tears of the sorrowful and turn those very tears into flames of light - that is, let us dispel their suffering and transform it into joy and radiance. However dark the night may be, the poet resolves that we shall not fear it but boldly challenge that darkness.

कवी म्हणतात, थरथरणाऱ्या अनेक ज्योती एकत्र येऊन एक मशाल बनूया आणि जगातील सर्व दुःखी-पीडित लोकांना तेजाच्या मार्गावरचे प्रवासी बनवूया.

The poet says that if many flickering, individual flames come together, they can form one powerful torch. With such combined strength, let us make all the sorrowful, suffering and sinful people of the world travellers on the path of light, the poet calls. This expresses the idea of bringing about great transformation through collective effort.

शेवटी कवी म्हणतात, निरांजनाशी नाते सांगत आपल्या अंतर्मनातही तेज भरूया आणि अंधाराची सर्व बंधने तोडून संपूर्ण चराचर सृष्टीला प्रकाश देऊया.

At the end of the poem, the poet says let us claim kinship with the small ceremonial lamp and fill our own inner sanctum with light. Breaking all the bonds of darkness, the poet resolves to bring light to the entire universe, both animate and inanimate. Thus the poet longs for inner radiance alongside outer illumination.