Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आह्मीं नामाचें धारक नेणों प्रकार आणीक । सर्व भावें एक विठ्ठल चि प्रमाण ॥1॥
न लगे जाणावें नेणावें गावें आनंदें नाचावें । प्रेमसुख घ्यावें वैष्णवांचे संगती ॥ध्रु.॥
भावबळें घालूं कास लज्जा चिंता दवडूं आस । पायीं निजध्यास ह्मणों दास विष्णूचे ॥2॥
भय नाहीं जन्म घेतां मोक्षपदा हाणों लाता । तुका ह्मणे सत्ता धरूं निकट सेवेची ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
We are bearers of the Name; we know no other practice. With all our being, Vitthal alone is our authority. There is nothing to learn or unlearn; simply sing and dance in joy. Take the bliss of love in the company of Vaishnavas. With the strength of faith, gird your loins; cast away shame and idle worry. Keep your devotion fixed on His feet and call yourselves servants of Vishnu. Says Tuka, there is no fear in taking birth again; we kick the seat of liberation aside and hold fast to the privilege of near service.
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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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