Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
हांसत खेलत चालत बाट । खाणा खाते सोते खाट ॥1॥
जातनसुं मुजे कछु नहिं प्यार । असते की नही हेंदु धेड चंभार ॥2॥
ज्याका चित लगा मेरे रामको नाव । कहे तुका मेरा चित लगा त्याके पाव ॥3॥
आपे तरे त्याकी कोण बराइऩ । औरनकुं भलो नाम घराइऩ ॥ध्रु.॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Laughing, playing, walking the road, eating, sleeping on the cot. I have no love for caste. I do not distinguish between Hindu, the excluded, or any other. Whoever fixes their chitta on my Rama's name, says Tuka, my chitta is fixed upon their feet. To save oneself is no great virtue. To bring others to the Name is the true glory.
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The Power of the Name
The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.
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