Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 माझें मागणें तें किती । दाता लIमीचा पति ॥1॥
 तान्हेल्यानें पीतां पाणी । तेणें गंगा नव्हे उणी ॥ध्रु.॥
 कल्पतरु जाला देता । तेथें पोटाचा मागता ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे संतां ध्यातां । परब्रह्म आलें हाता ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
How small is my asking, when the giver is the Lord of Lakshmi Himself? When a thirsty man drinks water, is the Ganga thereby diminished? When the wish-fulfilling tree becomes the giver, who before it is merely a beggar for bread? Says Tuka, by meditating on the saints, the Supreme Brahman comes into one's hands.
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