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गाथा 1533The Power of the Name

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram

मराठी मूळ

ऐसी जोडी करा राम कंठीं धरा । जेणें चुके फेरा गर्भवास ॥1॥

नासिवंत आटी िप्रयापुत्रधन । बीज ज्याचा सीण तें चि फळ ॥ध्रु.॥

नाव धड करा सहजरा नामांची । जे भवसिंधूची थडी पावे ॥2॥

तुका ह्मणे काळा हाणा तोंडावरी । भाता भरा हरिरामबाणीं ॥3॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

Make this one investment: keep Rama upon your tongue. By it, the cycle of birth in the womb will cease. The craving for spouse, children, and wealth is perishable; the seed whose nature is toil yields only toil as its fruit. Build a sound boat of the effortless names, a boat that will reach the far shore of the ocean of existence. Says Tuka, strike Death across the face. Fill your quiver with arrows bearing the names of Hari and Rama.

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नाम महिमा

The Power of the Name

The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.

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