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गाथा 1289The Necessity of Experience

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram

मराठी मूळ

देह नव्हे मी हें सरे । उरला उरे विठ्ठल ॥1॥

ह्मणऊनि लाहो करा । काळ सारा चिंतनें ॥ध्रु.॥

तुका ह्मणे जीवासाटीं । देव पोटीं पडेल ॥3॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

When the realization dawns that "I am not this body," only Vitthala remains. Therefore take this profit and spend your entire time in contemplation. Says Tuka, for the sake of the jiva, God will enter the belly.

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The Necessity of Experience

Why direct experience of God, not mere learning, is the only path.

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