Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
नाम पावन पावन । त्याहून पवित्र आहे कोण ॥1॥
शिव हालाहालें तापला । तो ही नामें शीतळ जाला ॥ध्रु.॥
शिवास नामाचा आधार । केला किळकाळ किंकर ॥2॥
मरण जालें काशीपुरी। तेथें नाम चि उद्धरी ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे अवघीं चोरें। एक हरिनाम सोइरें ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The Name is sacred, supremely sacred. Who is holier than the Name? Shiva was scorched by the deadly poison, yet the Name made Him cool. The Name gave Shiva His power and made Death itself His servant. Even when death occurs at Kashi, it is the Name alone that liberates. Says Tuka, when all else proves false and treacherous, the Name of Hari is the one true friend.
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The Power of the Name
The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.
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