Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
संतांचा महिमा तो बहु दुर्गम । शािब्दकांचे काम नाहीं येथें ॥1॥
बहु धड जरी जाली ह्मैस गाय । तरी होइऩल काय कामधेनु ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे अंगें व्हावें तें आपण । तरी च महिमान येइऩल कळों ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The greatness of the saints is truly unfathomable. Those who traffic in mere words have no place here. Even if a buffalo became full and well-formed, would it become a kamadhenu? Says Tuka, you must become that very thing yourself. Only then will its true glory come to be known.
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संत
The Saints
The character and service of true saints: softer than butter, harder than diamond.
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