Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
नाम घेतां न लगे मोल । नाममंत्र नाहीं खोल ॥1॥
दों अक्षरांचें काम । उच्चारावें राम राम ॥ध्रु.॥
नाहीं वर्णाधमयाती। नामीं अवघीं चि सरतीं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे नाम । चैतन्य निजधाम॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Taking the Name costs nothing; the Name-mantra is not obscure. It is the work of just two syllables: say Rama, Rama. There is no high or low station before the Name; all are equal in it. Says Tuka, the Name is pure consciousness, the true abode.
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नाम महिमा
The Power of the Name
The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.
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