Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
नाम साराचें ही सार । शरणागत यमकिंकर ॥१॥
उतमातम । वाचे बोला पुरुषोत्तम ॥ध्रु.॥.
नाम जपतां चंद्रमौळी । नामें तरला वाल्हा कोळी ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे वणूप काय । तारक विठोबाचे पाय ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The Name is the essence of all essences; even Yama's servants bow before one who has surrendered to it. Whether high or low, let the tongue speak the name of the Supreme Being. Chandra Mauli himself chants the Name; by the Name even Valmiki, whom society had cast out, was saved. Says Tuka, what more can I describe? The feet of Vitthoba are the vessel of deliverance.
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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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