Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
भेदाभेदताळा न घडे घालितां । आठवा रे आतां नारायण ॥1॥
येणें एक केलें अवघें होय सांग । अच्युताच्या योगें नामें छंदें ॥ध्रु.॥
भोंवरे खळाळ चोर वाटा घेती । पावल मारिती सिवेपाशीं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे येथें भावेंविण पार । न पविजे सार हें चि आहे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The lock of discrimination and non-discrimination cannot be opened by force. Remember Narayana now. By this one practice, everything falls into place, through devotion and the name of the Imperishable One. Whirlpools, raging currents, and thieves lurk along the path, ambushing travelers near the border. Says Tuka, without sincere devotion there is no crossing over; this is the essential truth.
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The Power of the Name
The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.
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