Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
मज त्याची भीड नुलंघवे देवा । जो ह्मणे केशवा दास तुझा ॥1॥
मज आवडती बहु तैसे जन । करिती कीर्तन कथा तुझी ॥ध्रु.॥
सांडूनियां लाज नाचेन त्यांपुढें । आइकती कोडें नाम तुझें ॥2॥
न लगे उपचार होइऩन भिकारी । वैष्णवांच्या घरीं उष्टावळी॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे जाणों उचित अनुचित । विचारूनि हित तें चि करूं ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I cannot disregard anyone who calls himself Your servant, O God. I dearly love those who sing Your praise and tell Your story. Casting away all shame, I will dance before them; they who love to hear Your name. I need no comforts; I will become a beggar and eat the leftovers in the homes of the Vaishnavas. Says Tuka, I know what is proper and what is not; I will consider and do only what is truly good.
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