Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
संकोचोनि काय जालासी लहान । घेइप अपोशण ब्रह्मांडाचें ॥1॥
करोनि पारणें आंचवें संसारा । उशीर उशिरा लावूं नको ॥ध्रु.॥
घरकुलानें होता पडिला अंधार । तेणें केलें फार कासावीस ॥2॥
झुगारूनि दुरी लपविलें काखे । तुका ह्मणे वाखे कौतुकाचे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Why have you contracted and made yourself small? Drink up the entire universe in one draft. Having broken your fast, rinse out this worldly life. Do not delay any longer. The darkness of this small dwelling had caused great distress. Fling it far away, hide it under your arm. Says Tuka, these are the wonders of divine play.
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Ecstasy and Joy
Triumphant happiness: poems written from the far side of the struggle.
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