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गाथा 4154True Worship

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram

मराठी मूळ

 मुखें संति इंिद्रयें जती । आणिक नेणे भाव भHी॥1॥

 देवा हे चि दोन्ही पदें । येर गाइलीं विनोदें ॥2॥

 चित्ताचें आसन। तुका करितो कीर्त्तन ॥3॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

Restraining the mouth is saintliness; restraining the senses is austerity. Beyond these, one need know no other devotion or feeling. These are the two feet of true worship, O God. Everything else is sung only for amusement. Says Tuka, the seat of kirtan is the seat of the mind itself.

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सत्य पूजा

True Worship

What genuine worship looks like, beyond outward observances and images.

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