Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
हे चि माझे चित्तीं । राहो भावप्रीति । विठ्ठल सुषुप्ती। जागृति स्वप्नासी ॥1॥
आणिक नाहीं तुज मागणें । राज्यचाड संपित्त धन । जिव्हे सुख तेणें । घेतां देहीं नाम तुझें॥ध्रु॥
तुझें रूप सर्वाठायीं । देखें ऐसें प्रेम देइप । न ठेवावा ठायीं । अनुभव चित्ताचा ॥2॥
जन्ममरणाचा बाध । समुळूनि तुटे कंद । लागो हा चि छंद। हरि गोविंद वाचेसी ॥3॥
काय पालटे दरुषणें । अवघें कोंदाटे चैतन्य । जीवशिवा खंडण । होय ते रे चिंतितां ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे या चि भावें । आह्मीं धालों तुझ्या नामें । सुखें होत जन्म । भलते याती भलतैसीं ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
May this love and devotion for Vitthal remain in my chitta in waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. I ask You for nothing else: no kingdom, no wealth, no possessions. The tongue finds its joy in taking Your name while in this body. Let me see Your form everywhere; grant me such love. Let the mind's experience not be kept in one place but pervade all. May the root of birth and death be completely severed. May this one passion cling to the tongue: Hari, Govinda. What is transformed by Your sight? All is flooded with pure consciousness. The boundary between jiva and God is shattered in that contemplation. Says Tuka, with this very devotion we are sated by Your name. Let births come happily, in any caste, in any form.
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Prayers
Direct appeals to God: for protection, guidance, strength, and mercy.
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