Ecstasy, the true home come to meet me
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आजि बरवें जालें । माझें माहेर भेटलें ॥1॥
डोळां देखिले सज्जन । निवारला भाग सीण ॥ध्रु.॥
धन्य जालों आतां । क्षेम देऊनियां संतां ॥2॥
इच्छेचें पावलों । तुका ह्मणे धन्य जालों॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Today a great thing has happened: my true home has come to me. My eyes have seen the saintly ones, and all fatigue and sorrow have vanished. I am blessed now, having given greeting to the saints. Says Tuka, I have attained what I desired; I am truly blessed.
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In Plain Words
Today a good thing has happened: my true home has come to me. My eyes have seen the holy ones, and all my weariness and sorrow are gone. I am blessed now, having greeted the saints. Tuka says: I have reached what I longed for; I am truly blessed.
What it means
Tukaram marks the day as fulfillment: his maher, his true home, has itself come to him in the form of the arriving saints. The instant his eyes fall on these holy ones, the whole weight of fatigue and sorrow lifts. He counts himself blessed simply for having greeted them, exchanged the embrace of welcome. The poem closes on attainment: the thing he ached for through all the waiting is here, and he names himself, twice over, truly blessed.
Ecstasy and Joy
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