Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
किती तुजपाशीं देऊं परिहार । जाणसी अंतर पांडुरंगा॥1॥
आतां माझें हातीं देइप हित । करीं माझें चित्त समाधान॥ध्रु.॥
राग आला तरी कापूं नये मान । बाळा मायेविण कोण दुजें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे ऐसा होइऩल लौकिक । मागे बाळ भीक समर्थाचें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
How many excuses shall I offer You? You know the truth within, O Panduranga. Now place my welfare in my own hands; bring peace to my restless mind. Even in anger, a mother should not cut the child's throat; who else does the child have besides its mother? Says Tuka, what a spectacle it would be: a child of the Capable One begging in the streets.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
Prayers
Direct appeals to God: for protection, guidance, strength, and mercy.
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