In plain words
She saw the whole scene. ‘What is all this! Do you remember that there is a wife at home, and children? Or not? If you keep on giving away all we have in charity to strangers, how are we to live?’ and she gave him a sound scolding. He sat there laughing heartily, poor man. She saw him laughing. Her anger grew all the more. She took that one cane and hit him on the head with it. The cane broke, and one piece of it was left in her hand. The other piece fell to the ground. Then Tukārām: ‘My dear! What a kindness you have done me,’ he said. The reason was that only one cane had been left. ‘I was wondering how to share this among the children, my wife and myself. You have taken your share into your hand. The rest, I and my children will take, never fear! You have done me a great kindness,’ he said. So, though there was a shrew through and through at home, Tukārām gained, even towards her, the fellow-feeling that smooths things over, and the skill as well. It was only because they had such patience that the people of those days grew into great souls.
For humanness to become divinity, the Name is essential
The Name of God lifts anyone at all to great heights. Hanumān was a monkey who kept the Name of Rāma ever in mind. Yet even such a monkey He shaped into a supreme devotee and raised to God's own level. Hanumān, though a monkey, reached the rank of the divine. The reason for this is the unbroken Name of Rāma! Next, an animal. The animal that was Nandi, Īśvara took as His mount. As a result Nandi, though an animal, became Nandīśvara. Hiraṇyakaśipu had power greater than that of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśvara and the rest. The son born to him was a demon too! Yet this Prahlāda, though a demon, attained a divine form only by remembering God's Name. For a demon to attain a divine form, for a monkey to attain divinity, for an animal to attain the place of Paśupati, the reason is the Name alone.