Devotion, no other power holds sway
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आतां पाविजेल घरा । या दातारा संगती ॥1॥
पायावरि ठेवूं माथा । सर्वथा हा नुपेक्षी ॥ध्रु.॥
येथून तेथवरि आतां। नाहीं सत्ता आणिकांची ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे चक्रपाणी । शिरोमणी बिळयांचा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Now I shall reach home in Your company, O generous Lord. I will place my head upon Your feet, and surely You will not forsake me. From here to there, no other power holds sway. Says Tuka, the wielder of the disc is the crown jewel of the strong.
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In Plain Words
Now I will reach home in this giver's company. I lay my head on His feet. He will never forsake me. From here all the way to there, no other power has any say. Tuka says: the wielder of the disc is the crown jewel of the strong.
What it means
Tukaram speaks with the confidence of someone who is no longer walking alone: with God beside him, arriving home is certain. The surrender is bodily, his head set on God's feet, and the trust is total, He will not abandon. The claim sharpens in the third line: over the whole stretch of the journey, no rival power has authority. The closing title, the disc-bearer as crown jewel of the strong, names where that security comes from, the strongest one of all is the one carrying him.
Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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