Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
सत्य तूं सत्य तूं सत्य तूं विठ्ठला । कां गा हा दाविला जगदाकार ॥1॥
सांभाळीं आपुली हाक देतो माया । आह्मांसी कां भयाभीत केलें ॥ध्रु.॥
रूप नाहीं त्यासी ठेवियेलें नाम। लटका चि श्रम वाढविला ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे कां गा जालासी चतुर । होतासी निसुर निविऩकार ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
You are truth, You are truth, You are truth, O Vitthal. Then why have You projected this appearance of the world? Protect Your own creation; I cry out to You, O Maya. Why have You made us live in fear? That which has no form, You have given it a name. You have needlessly multiplied this toil. Says Tuka, why have You become so clever? You were once formless, desireless, and beyond all qualities.
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