Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
पतिव्रता नेणे आणिकांची स्तुती । सर्वभावें पति ध्यानीं मनीं ॥1॥
तैसें माझें मन एकविध जालें । नावडे विठ्ठलेंविण दुजें ॥ध्रु.॥
सूर्यविकासिनी नेघे चंद्रकळा । गाय ते कोकिळा वसंतेंसी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे बाळ मातेपुढें नाचे । बोल आणिकांचे नावडती ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A faithful wife knows no praise but her husband's; with her whole being she keeps him in her thoughts and meditation. Just so, my mind has become single-pointed; it finds nothing desirable apart from Vitthal. The sun-lotus does not open to moonlight; the cuckoo sings only for the spring. Says Tuka, a child dances before its mother and does not care for the words of strangers.
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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