Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
तुह्मी संत मायबाप कृपावंत । काय मी पतित कीर्ती वाणूं ॥1॥
अवतार तुह्मां धराया कारणें । उद्धरावें जन जड जीव॥ध्रु.॥
वाढविलें सुख भिH भाव धर्म । कुळाचार नाम विठोबाचें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे गुण चंदनाचे अंगीं । तैसे तुह्मी जगीं संतजन ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
You saints are my parents, my benefactors. How can I, a lowly wrongdoer, begin to praise your glory? You have taken birth for this very purpose: to uplift the dull and fallen jivas of this world. You have nourished the joy of devotion, righteous conduct, and the Name of Vitthal as the family tradition. Says Tuka, just as sandalwood carries fragrance in its very nature, so do you saints pervade the world with goodness.
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The Saints
The character and service of true saints: softer than butter, harder than diamond.
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