Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आणिकांची सेवा करावी शरीरें । तीं येथें उत्तरे कोरडीं च ॥1॥
ऐसा पांडुरंग सुलभ सोपारा । नेघे येरझारा सेवकाच्या ॥ध्रु.॥
आणिकांचे भेटी आडकाठी पडे । येथें तें न घडे वचन ही ॥2॥
आणिकांचे देणें काळीं पोट भरे । येथील न सरे कल्पांतीं ही ॥3॥
आणिकें दंडिती चुकलिया सेवा । येथें सोस हेवा नाहीं दोन्ही ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे करी आपण्यासारिखें । उद्धरी पारिखें उंच निंच ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
To serve other masters requires bodily labor, and their words are hollow. But Panduranga is so easy and accessible; He does not make His servants run back and forth. Other masters place obstacles before a meeting; here, not even a word of barrier exists. Other masters fill the belly only occasionally; the bounty here never runs out, not even at the end of the ages. Other masters punish for any lapse in service; here, there is neither jealousy nor resentment. Says Tuka, He transforms others into His own likeness, uplifting both the high and the low.
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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