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Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram

मराठी मूळ

एकली राणागोविंदा सवें । गेलें ठावें तें जालें ॥१॥

मज न म्हणा न म्हणा शिंदळी । नाहीं विषम जवळीं आतळलें ॥ध्रु.॥

नव्हती देखिली म्यां वाट । म्हणोनि हा धीट संग केला ॥२॥

भेणें मिठी दिधली गळां । सेजे जवळ दडालें ॥३॥

सलगी धरी पयोधर । साहाती करमुर सवें ॥४॥

आहेव मी गर्भीणपणें । हें सांगणें कां लागे ॥५॥

तुका म्हणे सेवटा नेलें । संपादिलें उभयतां ॥६॥

होतें बहुत हें दिवस मानसीं । आजि नवस हे फळले नवसीं ।

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

Alone in the wild, I went with Govinda, and what was hidden became known. Do not call me fallen; nothing impure came near me. I had never seen this path before, and that is why I fearlessly kept his company. Out of fright I threw my arms around his neck and hid myself close beside him. With tender boldness he held me. I am a married woman, and my condition speaks for itself; why should I need to explain? Says Tuka, he brought it all to completion, and both of us were fulfilled. This longing had dwelt in my heart for many, many days, and today all my prayers have borne fruit.

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