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मराठी मूळ
कीर्तन चांग कीर्तन चांग । होय अंग हरिरूप ॥1॥
प्रेमाछंदें नाचे डोले । हारपला देहभाव ॥ध्रु.॥
एकदेशीं जीवकळा। हा सकळां सोयरा ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे उरला देव । गेला भेव त्या काळें ॥3॥
एका तुमच्या नामाविण । अवघा सीण कळतसे ॥ध्रु.॥
संकल्पाचे ओढी मन । पापपुण्य सम चि ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे नारायणीं । पावो वाणी विसांवा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Kirtan is beautiful, kirtan is beautiful; through it, the body becomes Hari's very form. Dancing and swaying in the ecstasy of love, body-identification dissolves. Even this one fragment of the jiva is intimate kin to all. Says Tuka, only God remains; fear departed in that very moment. Apart from Your Name alone, all else is felt as weariness. The mind is drawn along by its own intentions; merit and sin become equal. Says Tuka, may my voice find rest in Narayana.
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