Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
द्रव्याचा तो आह्मी धरितों विटाळ । तया पाठी काळ लाग करी ॥1॥
करोनियां हें चि राहिलों जीवन । एक नारायण नाम ऐसें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे हें चि करुनि जतन । आलिया ही दान याचकासी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I regard wealth itself as a source of contamination, for Death follows close behind it. I have kept this as my sole sustenance: the one Name of Narayana and nothing else. Says Tuka, having guarded this treasure carefully, I will share it freely with any who come asking.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
नाम महिमा
The Power of the Name
The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.
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