Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
नये जरी तुज मधुर उत्तर । दिधला सुस्वर नाहीं देवें ॥१॥
नाहीं तयाविण भुकेला विठ्ठल । येइल तैसा बोल रामकृष्ण ॥ध्रु.॥
देवापाशीं मागें आवडीची भक्ति । विश्वासेंशीं प्रीति भावबळें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे मना सांगतों विचार । धरावा निर्धार दिसेंदिस ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
If a sweet reply does not come to you, if God has not given you a fine voice, Vitthal is not hungry without that. Let the words Rama, Krishna come as they may. Ask God for the devotion born of love, for love accompanied by trust, empowered by feeling. Says Tuka, I tell the mind this thought: hold firm your resolve, day by day.
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