Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
सेवा ते आवडी उच्चारावें नाम । भेदाभेदकाम निवारूनि ॥1॥
न लगे हालावें चालावें बाहेरी । अवघें चि घरीं बैसलिया ॥ध्रु.॥
देवाचीं च नामें देवाचिये शिरीं । सर्व अळंकारीं समर्पावीं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे आहे भावें चि संतोषी । वसे नामापाशीं आपुलिया ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The truest service is to utter the Name with love, setting aside all concern of duality and non-duality. There is no need to stir or go anywhere outside; everything is right here, simply sitting at home. Offer all the names of God, like ornaments, upon God's own head. Says Tuka, God is content with devotion alone and dwells near his own Name.
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The Power of the Name
The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.
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