Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
साच मज काय कळों नये देवा । काय तुझी सेवा काहे नव्हे ॥1॥
करावें तें बरें जेणें समाधान । सेवावें हें वन न बोलावें ॥ध्रु.॥
शुद्ध माझा भाव होइल तुझे पायीं । तरि च हें देइप निवडूनि ॥2॥
उचित अनुचित कळों आली गोष्टी । तुझे कृपादृष्टी पांडुरंगा ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे मज पायांसवे चाड । सांगसी तें गोड आहे मज ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Truly, why can I not come to know, O God? Why does Your service not come about for me? Do what brings contentment. Serve this forest, and speak not. If my bhava at Your feet becomes pure, then grant it, having discerned. What is proper and what is not has become clear by Your gracious glance, O Panduranga. Says Tuka, I care only for Your feet. Whatever You tell me is sweet to me.
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