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गाथा 3415Devotion to Vitthal

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram

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नव्हतील जपें नव्हतील तपें । आह्मांसी हें सोपें गीतीं गातां ॥1॥

न करितां ध्यान न करितां धारणा । तो नाचे कीर्त्तनामाजी हरि ॥ध्रु.॥

जयासी नाहीं रूप आणि आकार । तो चि कटी कर उभा विटे ॥2॥

अनंत ब्रह्मांडें जयाचिया पोटीं । तो आह्मां संपुष्टीं भिHभावें ॥3॥

तुका ह्मणे वर्म जाणती लडिवाळें । जें होतीं निर्मळें अंतर्बाहीं ॥4॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

There were no austerities, no penances for us; this singing in devotion comes easily. Without meditation or concentration, Hari Himself dances in the kirtan. The one who has neither form nor shape stands with hands on hips upon the brick. He in whose belly reside infinite universes comes near to us through the power of devotion. Says Tuka, the beloved children know the secret, for they are pure within and without.

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भक्ति

Devotion to Vitthal

Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.

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