Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
जुंझार ते एक विष्णुदास जगीं । पापपुण्य अंगीं नातळे त्यां ॥1॥
गोविंद आसनीं गोविंद शयनीं । गोविंद त्यां मनीं बैसलासे ॥ध्रु.॥
ऊर्ध पुंड भाळीं कंठीं शोभे माळी । कांपिजे किळकाळ तया भेणें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे शंखचक्रांचे शृंगार । नामामृतसार मुखामाजी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The true warriors in this world are the servants of Vishnu. Neither sin nor merit clings to them. Govinda is in their sitting, Govinda is in their sleeping, Govinda is seated within their minds. With upright tilak on their foreheads and the sacred necklace adorning their throats, even shrieking Death trembles before them in fear. Says Tuka, adorned with conch and discus, the nectar of the Name rests upon their lips.
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