Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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वेदपुरुष तरि नेती कां वचन । निवडूनि भिन्न दाखविलें ॥1॥
तुझीं वर्में तूं चि दावूनि अनंता । होतोसी नेणता कोण्या गुणें ॥ध्रु.॥
यYााचा भोHा तरि कां नव्हे सांग । उणें पडतां अंग क्षोभ घडे ॥2॥
वससी तूं या भूतांचे अंतरीं । तरि कां भेद हरी दावियेला ॥3॥
तपतिर्थाटणें तुझे मूतिऩदान । तरि कां अभिमान आड येतो ॥4॥
आतां क्षमा कीजे विनवितो तुका । देऊनियां हाका उभा द्वारीं ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
If the Vedas are the Purusha, why did speech divide and distinguish things, setting them apart as different? You Yourself revealed Your own secrets, O Ananta, yet by what quality do You now act as though unknowing? If You are the enjoyer of sacrifice, tell me why: when offerings fall short, why does perturbation arise in You? You dwell within all these beings, O Hari, yet why have You shown division? If austerities, pilgrimages, and offerings of Your own image all exist, why does pride still stand in the way? Says Tuka, I am standing at Your door, calling out to You. Please forgive me now.
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