Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
पहावया तुझा जरि बोलें अंत । तरि माझे जात डोळे देवा ॥1॥
स्तंबीं तुज नाहीं घातलें प्रल्हादें । आपुल्या आनंदें अवतार ॥ध्रु.॥
भHाचिया काजा जालासी सगुण । तुज नाहीं गुण रूप नाम ॥2॥
ऐसा कोण देवा अधम यातीचा । निर्धार हा साचा नाहीं तुझा ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे बोले कवतुकें गोष्टी । नेदीं येऊं पोटीं राग देवा ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
If I try to test Your patience, O God, my own eyes will wear out first. It was not Prahlada who placed You in the pillar; You took incarnation of Your own delight. For the sake of Your devotees You became visible, though You truly have no quality, form, or name. What person, O God, is so lowly in caste that Your firm resolve will not reach them? Says Tuka, I speak these words playfully. Do not harbor anger in Your heart, O Lord.
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