Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
भिH तों कठिण शुळावरील पोळी । निवडे तो बळी विरळा शूर ॥1॥
जेथें पाहें तेथें देखीचा पर्वत । पायाविण भिंत तांतडीची ॥ध्रु.॥
कामावलें तरि पाका ओज घडे । रुचि आणि जोडे श्लाघ्यता हे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे मना पाहिजे अंकुश । नित्य नवा दिस जागृतीचा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Devotion is as difficult as bread impaled upon a spike. Only the rare and valiant hero can claim it. Wherever I look, I see a mountain of obstacles, a wall built without foundation, raised in haste. When one perseveres, the dish cooks to its full essence, and both flavor and glory are gained. Says Tuka, the mind needs a goad. Each day must bring fresh vigilance.
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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