Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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2872. परतें मी आहें सहज चि दुरी । वेगळें भिकारी नामरूपा ॥1॥
न लगे रुसावें धरावा संकोच । सहज तें नीच आलें भागा ॥ध्रु.॥
पडिलिये ठायीं उिच्छष्ट सेवावें । आरते तें चि देवें केलें ऐसें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे तुह्मी आह्मां जी वेगळे । केलेती निराळे द्विज देवें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I stand apart by nature, inherently distant, separate from name and form, a beggar. You need not feel offended or hold back; what is lowly has naturally come to my lot. I eat leftovers wherever they fall; God Himself has arranged it so. Says Tuka, you are set apart from us. The Lord has created you as the twice-born, distinct from us.
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