Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
विष्णुदासां भोग । जरी आह्मां पीडी रोग ॥1॥
तरि हें दिसे लाजिरवाणें । काय तुह्मांसी सांगणें ॥ध्रु.॥
आह्मां काळें खावें । बोलिलें तें वांयां जावें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे दास । आह्मी भोगूं गर्भवास ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
If we who call ourselves servants of Vishnu are still afflicted by disease, then this is truly embarrassing. What need is there to tell You? If we must eat filth and our words go to waste, if we who claim to be Your servants must still endure the womb, then says Tuka, something is deeply amiss.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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