Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
कुशळ वHा नव्हे जाणीव श्रोता । राहे भाव चित्ता धरूनियां ॥1॥
धन्य तो जगीं धन्य तो जगीं । ब्रह्म तया अंगीं वसतसे ॥ध्रु.॥
न धोवी तोंड न करी अंघोळी । जपे सदाकाळीं रामराम ॥2॥
जप तप ध्यान नेणे याग युHी । कृपाळु जो भूतीं दयावंत ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे होय जाणोनि नेणता । आवडे अनंता जीवाहूनि ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He is not the clever speaker, nor the learned listener. He simply holds devotion within his chitta. Blessed is he in this world, truly blessed, for Brahman dwells within him. He does not wash his face or take a ritual bath, yet he ceaselessly chants Rama, Rama. He knows nothing of chanting, penance, meditation, or sacrificial technique, but he is compassionate and kind to all beings. Says Tuka, he who knowingly becomes as if unknowing is dearer to the Infinite than the jiva itself.
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