Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 भोळे भिHभाव धरिती मानसीं । त्यासी हृषीकेशी जवळी च ॥1॥
 भाव नाहीं मनीं अभाविक सदा । त्याचिया मी खेदा काय सांगों ॥ध्रु.॥
 गणिकेसारिकीं नामें उद्धरीलीं । सYाानें पडिलीं खटाटोपीं ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे काय शुद्ध माझी जाति । थोर केली ख्याती हरिनामें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Those innocent souls who hold sincere devotion in their minds find Hrishikesha always near. Those without faith, forever faithless, their misery is beyond my words. Courtesans were liberated by the Name alone, while scholars fell into elaborate traps of their own making. Says Tuka, what purity does my caste possess? It is Hari's name that has given me great renown.
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The Power of the Name
The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.
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