Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
भिHभाव आह्मी बांधिलासे गांठी । साधावितों हाटीं घ्या रे कोणी ॥1॥
सुखाचिया पेंठे घातला दुकान । मांडियेले वान रामनाम ॥ध्रु.॥
सुखाचें फुकाचें सकळांचें सार । तरावया पार भवसिंधु ॥2॥
मागें भाग्यवंत जाले थोर थोर । तिहीं केला फार हा चि सांटा ॥3॥
खोटें कुडें तेथें नाहीं घातपात । तुका ह्मणे चित्त शुद्ध करीं ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
We have tied devotion in a bundle and bring it to the marketplace; take it, whoever will. At the bazaar of happiness, we have set up shop, displaying the wares of Rama's name. It is joyful, it is free, it is the essence of everything, and it ferries you across the ocean of existence. In ages past, great and fortunate souls stored up this very treasure. There is no fraud or deception here. Says Tuka, only purify your chitta.
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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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