Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
तुम्ही गोपी बाळा मज कैशा नेणा । इंद्र अमरराणा म्यां चि केला ॥१॥
इंद्र चंद्र सूर्य ब्रम्हा तिन्ही लोक । माझे सकळीक यम धर्म ॥ध्रु.॥
मजपासूनिया जाले जीव शिव । देवांचा ही देव मी च कृष्ण ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे त्यांसी बोले नारायण । व्यर्थ मी पाषाण जन्मा आलों ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
You gopis treat me like an ordinary child, as though you do not know me. I am the one who made Indra the king of the gods. Indra, the moon, the sun, Brahma, all three worlds, Yama and Dharma: they are all mine. From me have arisen all souls and Shiva himself; I, Krishna, am the God of gods. Says Tuka, thus spoke Narayana to them, and I, a mere stone, was born in vain.
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Krishna Leela
Poems celebrating Krishna's birth, childhood, and divine play.
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