The Name, an inexhaustible treasury
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
न सरे लुटितां मागें बहुतां जनीं । जुनाट हे खाणी उघडिली ॥1॥
सिद्ध महामुनि साधक संपन्न । तिहीं हें जतन केलें होतें ॥ध्रु.॥
पायाळाच्या गुणें पडिलें ठाउकें । जगा पुंडलिकें दाखविलें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे येथें होतों मी दुबळें । आलें या कपाळें थोडें बहु ॥3॥
वाढवुनी चटा फिरे दाही दिशा । तरी जंबुवेषा सहज िस्थति ॥ध्रु.॥
कोरोनियां भूमी करिती मधीं वास । तरी उंदरास काय वाणी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे ऐसें कासया करावें । देहासी दंडावें वाउगें चि ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
This treasure cannot be exhausted though many have plundered it in ages past. This ancient mine has been opened. The great siddhas, sages, and accomplished seekers had guarded it carefully. Through Pundalik's merit, it was revealed, and through his grace, the world came to know it. Says Tuka, I was poor when I came here, and whatever my humble destiny has brought, little or much, is mine.
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In Plain Words
It is not used up though many people have plundered it in ages past; this ancient mine has been opened. The siddhas, the great sages, the accomplished seekers had kept it carefully hidden. By Pundalik's merit it was brought to light, and he showed it to the world. Tuka says: I came here poor; whatever this humble destiny of mine has brought, little or much, is mine.
What it means
Tukaram pictures the Name, or God at Pandhari, as an ancient mine that countless people have already drawn from and that still cannot be exhausted. What the sages once guarded in secret, Pundalik's devotion threw open for everyone. The point is that this wealth is not diminished by being shared; the more it is plundered, the more it remains. Against that endless treasure he names himself simply: a poor man who came with empty hands and takes whatever small share his lot allows, grateful that even that is truly his.
Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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