Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
 याति गुणें रूप काय ते वानर । तयांच्या विचारें वर्ते राम ॥1॥
 ब्रह्महत्यारासि पातकी अनेक । तो वंद्य वाल्मीक तिहीं लोकीं ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे नव्हे चोरीचा व्यापार । ह्मणा रघुवीर वेळोवेळां ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
What were the monkeys by birth, caste, or beauty? Yet Rama chose to act according to their wishes. Valmiki was a murderer laden with countless sins, yet he became revered in all three worlds. Says Tuka, this is no stolen affair. Simply say Raghuvira again and again.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
नाम महिमा
The Power of the Name
The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.
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