Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
गायें नाचें वायें टाळी । साधन कळी उत्तम हें ॥1॥
काय जाणों तरले किती । नाव ऐती या बैसा ॥ध्रु.॥
सायासाचें नाहीं काम । घेतां नाम विठोबाचें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे निर्वाणीचें । शस्त्र साचें हें एक ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Singing, dancing, clapping the hands: this is the best spiritual practice for this present age. Who knows how many have been saved by it? Board this very ship and cross over. No strenuous labor is required when you take the name of Vithoba. Says Tuka, this alone is the one true weapon for the final reckoning.
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The Power of the Name
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