Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
बोलिलों ते धर्म अनुभव अंगें । काय पांडुरंगें उणें केलें ॥1॥
सर्व सििद्ध पायीं वोळगती दासी । इच्छा नाहीं ऐसी व्हावें कांहीं ॥ध्रु.॥
संतसमागमें अळंकार वाणी । करूं हे पेरणी शुद्ध बीजा ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे रामकृष्णनामें गोड । आवडीचें कोड माळ ओऊं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
What I have spoken is dharma, confirmed by my own experience. What has Panduranga left unfulfilled? All accomplishments attend His feet like maidservants; I have no wish to become anything. In the company of saints, I adorn my speech and sow these seeds of purity. Says Tuka, the names of Rama and Krishna are sweet; let me string them into a garland of delight.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
The Necessity of Experience
Why direct experience of God, not mere learning, is the only path.
More in this theme →