Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 काय उणें मज पांडुरंगा पायीं । रििद्धसििद्ध ठायीं वोळगती ॥1॥
 कोण पाहे सुखा नासिवंताकडे । तृष्णेचें बापुडें नहों आह्मी ॥ध्रु.॥
 स्वर्गसुखें आह्मीं केलीं पावटणी । पापपुण्यें दोन्ही उलंडिलीं ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे घरीं आणिलें वैकुंठ । वसविली पेठ वैष्णवांची ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
What am I lacking at the feet of Panduranga? All powers and perfections wait upon me there. Who would look toward perishable pleasures? We are not the wretches of craving. We have made heavenly joys our stepping-stones and vaulted beyond both sin and merit. Says Tuka, we have brought Vaikuntha into our very home and established a settlement of Vaishnavas.
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