Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
जालासि पंडित पुराण सांगसी । परि तूं नेणसी मीं हें कोण ॥1॥
गाढवभरी पोथ्या उलथिशी पानें । परि गुरुगम्यखुणे नेणशी बापा ॥2॥
तुका कुणबियाचा नेणे शास्त्रमत । एक पंढरीनाथ विसंबेना ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
You have become a scholar and expound the Puranas, yet you do not know 'Who am I?' You load books on a donkey and turn the pages, but you do not know the Guru's secret, dear one. Says Tuka, I am a farmer's son and know nothing of scriptural learning, yet I never part from the Lord of Pandhari.
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