Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
न पूजीं आणिकां देवां न करीं त्यांची सेवा । न मनीं या केशवाविण दुजें ॥1॥
काय उणें जालें मज तयापायीं । तें मी मागों काइऩ कवणासी ॥ध्रु.॥
आणिकाची कीर्ती नाइकें न बोलें । चाड या विठ्ठलेंविण नाहीं ॥2॥
न पाहें लोचनीं श्रीमुखावांचूनि । पंढरी सांडूनि न वजें कोठें ॥3॥
न करीं कांहीं आस मुHीचे सायास । न भें संसारास येतां जातां ॥4॥
तुका म्हणे कांहीं व्हावें ऐसें जीवा । नाहीं या केशवाविण दुजें ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I will not worship other gods, nor will I serve them. I hold nothing dear besides Keshava. What have I lacked at His feet that I should go begging elsewhere? I will not hear or speak the praises of another. I have no longing for anything but Vitthala. My eyes will not gaze upon anything other than His blessed face. I will not leave Pandhari for any other place. I will not toil for liberation, nor do I fear the cycle of birth and death. Says Tuka, if there is anything the jiva should desire, it is nothing other than Keshava.
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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