Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
चालावा पंथ तो पाविजे त्या ठाया । ऐकिल्या वांयां वारता त्या ॥1॥
ऐका जी वोजे पडतसें पायां । भावाचि तें जायावाट नव्हे ॥ध्रु.॥
व्याली कुमारीचा अनुभवें अनुभव । सांगतां तो भाव येत नाहीं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे येथें पाहिजे आरालें । बिंबीं निवळलें तरि भासे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One must walk the path to reach the destination. Merely hearing the news is of no use. Listen, I fall at your feet with all my weight. The path of going is not by feeling alone. A virgin who has given birth: only she knows it from experience. Describing that bhava, it does not come across. Says Tuka, here one must peer closely with strained attention. Only when the image is clear does the reflection appear.
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