The Name, fearless in kirtan
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
भूमीवरि कोण ऐसा । गांजूं शके हरिच्या दासा॥1॥
सुखें नाचा हो कीर्त्तनीं । जयजयकारें गर्जा वाणी ॥ध्रु.॥
काळा सुटे पळ । जाती दुरितें सकळ ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे चित्तीं । सांगूं मानाची हे निति ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Who on this earth can trouble the servant of Hari? Dance joyfully in kirtan and let your voices roar with victory. Death itself takes flight, and all sins are scattered. Says Tuka, I speak from the chitta: this is the true teaching of honor.
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In Plain Words
Who on this earth can trouble the servant of Hari? Dance with joy in the kirtan; let your voices roar with the cry of victory. Death itself runs away. All sins are scattered. Tuka says: from my chitta I tell you the true rule of honor.
What it means
Tukaram declares the servant of Hari untouchable: no power on earth can harm one who belongs to God. The proof is in the singing itself. When devotees dance and shout the victory cry in kirtan, death takes flight and the whole weight of sin scatters. He offers this not as boast but as instruction spoken from the heart: real honor and safety lie in taking refuge in the Name, not in worldly standing.
The Power of the Name
The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.
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