Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
एका हातीं टाळ एका हातीं चिपिळया । घालिती हुंमरी एक वाताती टािळया ॥1॥
मातले वैष्णव नटती नाना छंदें। नाहीं चाड मोक्षपदें भजनीं आवडी ॥ध्रु.॥
हाका अरोिळया गीतवादें सुखसोहळे । जाय तें न कळे केव्हां रजनी दिवस ॥2॥
तीथाअ नाहीं चाड न लगे जावें वनांतरा । तुका ह्मणे हरिहरात्मक चि पृथुवी॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Cymbals in one hand, clappers in the other; some raise a roar while others clap along. The intoxicated Vaishnavas adorn themselves in countless modes of delight; they care nothing for liberation, for their love is in devotion alone. Shouts, songs, musical celebrations, and festivals of joy fill the air; day and night pass without anyone noticing. They have no longing for pilgrimage or retreat to forests. Says Tuka, this entire earth is pervaded by Hari.
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