Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
भाविकांचें काज अंगें देव करी । काढी धर्माघरीं उिच्छष्ट तें ॥1॥
उिच्छष्ट तीं फळें खाय भिल्लटीचीं । आवडी तयांची मोठी देवा ॥ध्रु.॥
काय देवा घरीं न मिळेची अन्न । मागे भाजीपान द्रौपदीसी ॥2॥
अर्जुनाचीं घोडीं धुतलीं अनंतें । संकटें बहुतें निवारिलीं ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे ऐसीं आवडती लडिवाळें । जाणीवेचें काळें तोंड देवा ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
God personally attends to the affairs of the faithful. He ate the leftovers at Dharma's house. He ate the half-tasted fruit offered by the tribal woman Shabari; such is God's great love for His devotees. As if God's own household lacked food, He begged Draupadi for greens and scraps. Ananta washed Arjuna's horses and rescued him from countless dangers. Says Tuka, God loves such innocent, childlike devotees. The face of calculated knowing is blackened before Him.
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