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गाथा 1407The Necessity of Experience

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram

मराठी मूळ

नव्हतियाचा सोस होता । झडो आतां पदर ॥1॥

देखणें तें देखियेलें । आतां भलें सािक्षत्वें ॥ध्रु.॥

लाभें कळों आली हानि । राहों दोन्हीं निराळीं ॥2॥

तुका ह्मणे एकाएकीं । हा कां लोकीं पसारा ॥3॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

The yearning for what never existed has now ended; let that curtain finally drop. What was to be seen has been seen. From now on, let witnesshood itself be the way of seeing. Through gain, loss has been recognized; let them both stand apart. Says Tuka, why then, in the midst of all people, is there still this display?

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The Necessity of Experience

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

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