Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
नाहीं म्या वंचिला मंत्र कोणापाशीं । राहिलों जीवासीं धरूनि तो ॥1॥
विटेवरी भाव ठेवियेलें मन । पाउलें समान चिंतीतसें ॥ध्रु.॥
पावविला पार धरिला विश्वास । घालूनियां कास बळकट ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे मागें पावले उद्धार । तिहीं हा आधार ठेविलासे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I have not sought mantras from anyone; I have kept it alive within my own jiva. My mind is fixed upon the brick where He stands; I contemplate those two equal feet. By holding firm faith, I have been carried across, girded with an unshakable resolve. Says Tuka, those who were saved before me left this very foothold for us to stand on.
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