Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
ह्मणवितों दास न करितां सेवा । लंडपणें देवा पोट भरीं ॥1॥
खोटें कोठें सरे तुझे पायांपाशीं । अंतर जाणसी पांडुरंगा॥ध्रु.॥
आचरण खोटें आपणासी ठावें । लटिकें बोलावें दुसरें तें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे ऐसा आहें अपराधी । असो कृपानिधी तुह्मां ठावा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I call myself a servant but do no real service; I fill my belly through sheer idleness in Your name. Falsehood has no place at Your feet, O Panduranga; You know the innermost truth. My conduct is corrupt and I know it myself; I speak fine words to others that are all pretense. Says Tuka, I am indeed a great offender; but You, O treasury of mercy, know me through and through.
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