Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आजि आनंदु रे एकी परमानंदु रे । जया श्रुति नेति नेति ह्मणती गोविंदु रे ॥1॥
विठोबाचीं वेडीं आह्मां आनंदु सदा । गाऊं नाचों वाऊं टाळी रंजवूं गोविंदा ॥ध्रु.॥
सदा सन सांत आह्मां नित्य दिवाळी । आनंदें निर्भर आमचा कैवारी बळी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे नाहीं जन्ममरणांचा धाक । संत सनकादिक तें आमचें कवतुक॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Today there is bliss, supreme bliss. The Vedas call Him 'not this, not this,' and yet He is Govinda. We who are mad for Vithoba live in constant joy; we sing, we dance, we clap, and we delight Govinda. Every day is a festival for us, every day a Diwali. Our mighty protector fills us with boundless joy. Says Tuka, we have no fear of birth and death. The saints like Sanaka are our kin and our delight.
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