Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
माया तें चि ब्रम्ह ब्रम्ह तेंचि माया । अंग आणि छाया तया परी ॥१॥
तोडितां न तुटे सारितां निराळी । लोटांगणांतळीं हारपते ॥ध्रु.॥
दुजें नाहीं तेथें बळ कोणासाठीं । आणिक ते आटी विचाराची ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे उंच वाढे उंचपणें । ठेंगणीं लवणें जैसीं तैसीं ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Maya is Brahman, Brahman is Maya, as the body and its shadow. You cannot cut it, cannot push it aside; it vanishes beneath prostrations. Where there is no second, force for whom? The exertion of deliberation is futile. Tuka says: the tall grow taller by their tallness, and the short bow just as they are.
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