Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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तरि कां पवाडे गर्जती पुराणें । असता नारायण शिHहीन ॥1॥
कीर्तीविण नाहीं नामाचा डांगोरा । येर कां इतरां वाणीत ना ॥ध्रु.॥
तरि च ह्मणा तो आहे चिरंजीव । केलियाचा जीव सुखीं गुण ॥2॥
चांगलेपण हें निरुपायता अंगीं । बाणलें श्रीरंगा ह्मणऊनि ॥3॥
तरि च हा थोर सांगितलें करी । अभिमान हरीपाशीं नाहीं ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे तरि करिती याची सेवा । देवापाशीं हेवा नाहीं कुडें ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Then why do the Puranas resound with His great deeds, if Narayana were truly without power? Without glory, the Name would not be proclaimed far and wide. Of course it reaches all others. Therefore, know that He is the eternal living One. The nature of the good deed done brings happiness to the jiva. This excellence of character, this helplessness before devotion, has become part of Shrirang's very being. This is why He is great: He does whatever His devotee asks. There is no pride in Hari. Says Tuka, that is why they serve Him. There is no envy and no guile in God.
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