Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
कुळींचे दैवत ज्याचें पंढरीनाथ । होइऩन दासीसुत त्याचे घरीं ॥1॥
शुद्ध यातिकुळवर्णा चाड नाहीं । करीं भलते ठायीं दास तुझा ॥ध्रु.॥
पंढरीस कोणी जाती वारेकरी । होइऩन त्यांचे घरीं पशुयाति ॥2॥
विठ्ठलचिंतन दिवसरात्रीं ध्यान । होइऩन पायतन त्याचे पायीं ॥3॥
तुळसीवृंदावन जयाचे अंगणीं । होइन केरसुणी त्याचे घरीं ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे हा चि भाव माझ्या चित्तीं । नाहीं आणिकां गती चाड मज ॥5॥
अवघिया चाडा कुंटित करूनि । लावीं आपुली च गोडी । आशा मनसा तृष्णा कल्पना ।
करूनियां देशधडी । मीतूंपणापासाव गुंतलों । मिथ्या संकल्प तो माझा तोडीं ।
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Whoever has the Lord of Pandhari as their family deity, I would be born as a servant in their house. I care nothing for caste, lineage, or social standing; make me your devotee anywhere at all. Whoever goes to Pandhari as a regular pilgrim, I would be born as an animal in their household. Whoever meditates on Vitthal day and night, I would become the sandals on their feet. Whoever has a tulsi garden in their courtyard, I would be the broom that sweeps their house. Says Tuka, this alone is the longing of my chitta; I desire no other destiny.
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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