Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
कां रे पुंडएा मातलासी । उभें केलें विठ्ठलासी ॥1॥
ऐसा कैसा रे तूं धीट । मागें भिरकाविली वीट ॥ध्रु.॥
युगें जालीं अठ्ठावीस । अजुनी न ह्मणसी बैस ॥2॥
भाव देखोनि निकट । देवें सोडिलें वैकुंठ ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे पुंडलिका । तूं चि बिळया एक निका ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
O Pundalik, what boldness! You have kept Vitthal standing upright. How daring you are, having tossed the brick behind you. Twenty-eight ages have passed, and still you have not told Him to sit. Seeing your devotion up close, God left Vaikuntha behind. Says Tuka, O Pundalik, you alone are the one truly powerful devotee.
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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