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Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram

मराठी मूळ

हित तें हें एक राम कंठीं राहे । नाठविती देहभाव देही ॥1॥

हा चि एक धर्म निज बीजवर्म । हें चि जाळी कर्में केलीं महा ॥ध्रु.॥

चित्त राहे पायीं रूप बैसे डोळां । जीवें कळवळा आवडीचा ॥2॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

The one true good is this: let Rama dwell on your tongue and never recall the body-sense again. This alone is the highest dharma, the innermost seed; it alone burns away all great karmas. Let the mind rest at His feet, let His form fill the eyes, and let the jiva overflow with loving eagerness.

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The Power of the Name

The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.

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