Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
गोपाळ प्रीतीनें कैसे विनविती । विक्राळ श्रीपती होऊं नको ॥1॥
नको रे बा कृष्णा धरूं ऐसें रूप । आह्मां चळकांप सुटलासे ॥ध्रु.॥
होइप बा धाकुटा शाम चतुर्भूज । बैसोनियां गुज सुखें बोलों ॥2॥
वोणव्याच्या रागें गििळशील आह्मां । तुका मेघशामा पायां लागे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The cowherds lovingly implored Him: Do not take this fearsome form, O Lord. Please, dear Krishna, do not hold such a shape; we are trembling all over. Become small again, our dark four-armed friend, so we may sit together and talk in comfort. In Your fury against the fire, You might swallow us too. Says Tuka, O dark-clouded Lord, I fall at Your feet.
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Krishna Leela
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