Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
पवित्र तें अन्न । हरिचिंतनीं भोजन ॥1॥
येर वेठएा पोट भरी । चाम मसकाचे परी ॥ध्रु.॥
जेऊनि तो धाला । हरिचिंतनीं केला काला ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे चवी आलें । जें कां मििश्रत विठ्ठलें॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
That food is truly sacred which is eaten while remembering Hari. All other eating merely fills the belly like a leather water-bag. He alone has truly dined who has spent the mealtime in contemplation of Hari. Says Tuka, the real flavor comes when the food is mixed with the presence of Vitthal.
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नाम महिमा
The Power of the Name
The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.
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