Urgent invitation, come to Pandhari
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
वैकुंठींचें सुख पंढरिये आलें । अवघें पुंडलिकें सांटविलें ॥1॥
घ्या रे घ्या रे माझे बाप । जिव्हा घेउनि खरें माप। करा एक खेप । मग करणें न लगे ॥ध्रु.॥
विषय गुंडोनी ठेवीं पसारा । मग धांव घ्या पंढरपुरा ॥2॥
जंव आहे आयुष्याचा लेश। तंव करीं पंढरीचा वास ॥3॥
अळस न करीं लाभाचा । तुका विनवी कुणबियाचा ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The bliss of Vaikuntha has come to Pandhari. Pundalik has gathered it all and stored it there. Take it, take it, O my fathers. Take the true measure with your tongues. Make this one journey, and then nothing more needs to be done. Fold up the wares of sense pleasures and run to Pandharpur. While there is still a breath of life left, dwell in Pandhari. Says Tuka, this farmer's son implores you: do not be lazy when profit is at hand.
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In Plain Words
The bliss of Vaikuntha has come down to Pandhari. Pundalik has gathered it all and stored it here. Take it, take it, O my fathers. Take the true measure with your tongues. Make this one journey, and then nothing more is left to do. Fold up the spread of sense pleasures and run to Pandharpur. While there is still a breath of life left, dwell in Pandhari. Tuka says: do not be lazy when the profit is right here. This farmer's son begs you.
What it means
Tukaram is calling the people he loves to a place and a profit he says is sitting right in front of them. The bliss of Vaikuntha, he says, is no longer far off in heaven; Pundalik has drawn it down to Pandhari and stored it there for the taking. So measure it out with your own tongues, by chanting the Name. He sets the price plainly: pack up the whole spread of sense pleasures and run. Make this one journey while you still breathe, and after it nothing else needs doing. The farmer's son ends by scolding the only real danger, laziness in the face of certain gain.
Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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