Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
मज माझा उपदेश । आणिकां नये याचा रीस ॥1॥
तुह्मी अवघे पांडुरंग । मी च दुष्ट सकळ चांग ॥ध्रु.॥
तुमचा मी शरणागत । कांहीं करा माझें हित ॥2॥
तुका पाय धरी । मी हें माझें दुर करीं ॥3॥
जाणे त्याचें वर्म नेणे त्याचें कर्म । केल्याविण धर्म नेणवती ॥2॥
मैथुनाचें सुख सांगितल्या शून्य । अनुभवाविण कळूं नये ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे जळो शािब्दक हें Yाान । विठोबाची खूण विरळा जाणे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
My own teaching is meant for myself; let no one else be vexed by it. You are all forms of Panduranga; I alone am the wicked one, and all of you are good. I am your refugee; please do something for my welfare. Says Tuka, I hold Your feet: remove this 'mine' from within me. One who knows the secret does not know the ritual; without actually practicing dharma, its truths cannot be known. The bliss of union, if merely described, remains empty; without direct experience it cannot be understood. Says Tuka, let mere verbal knowledge burn away; the true mark of Vithoba is known only to the rare one.
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