Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आहे तैसा आतां आहे ठायीं बरा । ठेविलों दातारा उचितें त्या ॥1॥
वचनाचा भार पडिलिया शिरीं । जालें मग भारी उतरेना ॥ध्रु.॥
अबोल्याची सवे लावुनियां मना । फाकों नेदीं गुणा ऐसें करूं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे आह्मां गोंवऑयाचा संग । राखतें तें अंग जाणतसों ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
As I am now, it is well to remain as I am, placed here by Your fitting design, O generous Lord. Once the burden of words has fallen upon the head, it grows heavy and cannot be lifted off. Let the mind learn the habit of silence, and let me keep the qualities from scattering. Says Tuka, I know well how to guard the company of those who tether me.
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Surrender and Acceptance
The conditions of spiritual receptivity and the letting go of the separate self.
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