Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
नव्हे खळवादी मता च पुरता । सत्याची हे सत्ता उपदेश ॥1॥
साक्षत्वेंसी मना आणावीं उत्तरें । परिपाकीं खरें खोटें कळे ॥ध्रु.॥
नव्हे एकदेशी शब्द हा उखता । ब्रह्मांडापुरता घेइऩल त्यासी ॥2॥
तुका विनवणी करी जाणतियां । बहुमतें वांयां श्रमों नये ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
This is not the argument of a quarrelsome mind or a merely opinionated stance. This is the authority of truth itself, presented as teaching. Let the answers be brought home to the mind through personal witness; ripening reveals what is true and what is false. This word is not partial or limited; it will encompass the entire universe for whoever grasps it. Says Tuka, I appeal to the discerning: do not exhaust yourselves chasing many doctrines.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
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