Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 काय फार जरी जालों मी शाहाणा । तरी नारायणा नातुडसी ॥1॥
 काय जालें जरी मानी मज मन । परि नातुडति चरण तुझे देवा ॥ध्रु.॥
 काय जालें जरी जालों उदासीन । परि वर्म भिन्न तुझें देवा ॥2॥
 काय जालें जरी केले म्यां सायास । ह्मणवितों दास भH तुझा ॥3॥
 तुका ह्मणे तुज दाविल्यावांचून । तुझें वर्म कोण जाणे देवा ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Even if I become very learned, O Narayana, I cannot reach You. Even if my own mind respects me, Your feet still elude me, O God. Even if I become detached, Your secret remains hidden, O Lord. Even if I undertake great efforts and call myself Your servant and devotee, it avails nothing. Says Tuka, unless You reveal Yourself, who can know Your mystery, O God?.
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Surrender and Acceptance
The conditions of spiritual receptivity and the letting go of the separate self.
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