Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
घेती पाण्यासी हुंबरी । त्यांचें समाधान करी ॥१॥
ऐशी गोपाळांची सवे । जाती तिकडे मागें धांवे ॥ध्रु.॥
स्थिरावली गंगा । पांगविली म्हणे उगा ॥२॥
मोहरी पांवा काठी । तुका म्हणे यांजसाठी ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
When the boys play at lowing like calves by the water, He joins right in and satisfies them all. Wherever the cowherd boys go, He runs behind them. Even the Ganga stood still, and He calmed her, saying, be at peace. Says Tuka, the shehnai, the flute, the stick: all these are just excuses to be with them.
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Krishna Leela
Poems celebrating Krishna's birth, childhood, and divine play.
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