Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
निजल्यानें गातां उभा नारायण । बैसल्या कीर्तन करितां डोले ॥1॥
उभा राहोनियां मुखीं नाम वदे । नाचे नाना छंदें गोविंद हा ॥ध्रु.॥
मारगीं चालतां मुखीं नाम वाणी । उभा चक्रपाणी मागें पुढें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे यासी कीर्तनाची गोडी । प्रेमे घाली उडी नामासाटीं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
When a sleeping devotee sings, Narayana stands up to listen. When a seated devotee does kirtan, Govinda sways along. When one walks the road chanting his name, the bearer of the disc walks before and behind. Says Tuka, God has such a love for kirtan that he leaps with joy at the sound of his own name.
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