Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
एकाएकीं हातोफळी । ठाया बळी पावले ते ॥1॥
आह्मी देवा शिHहीनें । भाकुं तेणें करुणा ॥ध्रु.॥
पावटणी केला काळ । जया बळ होतें तें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे वीर्यावीर । संतधीर समुद्र ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Those mighty ones reached that exalted place in an instant, in a single stroke. We who are without strength, O God, plead for Your mercy with our very lowliness. Those who had strength made even time their stepping stone. Says Tuka, the saints are heroes of valor, patient and vast as the ocean.
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संत
The Saints
The character and service of true saints: softer than butter, harder than diamond.
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