Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
हरे त्यासि रे देखतां ताप माया । भजा रे भजा यादव योगिराया ॥1॥
जया कामिनी लुब्धल्या सहस्रसोळा । सुकुमार या गोपिका दिव्य बाळा ।
शोभे मध्यभागीं कळा चंद्रकोटी । रुपा मीनली साजिरी माळकंठीं ॥2॥
असे यादवां श्रेष्ठ हा चक्रपाणी । जया वंदिती कोटि तेहतीस तीन्ही ।
महाकाळ हे कांपती दैत्य ज्यासी । पाहा सांवळें रूप हें पापनासी ॥3॥
कसीं पाउलें साजिरीं कुंकुमाचीं। कसी वीट हे लाधली दैवांची।
जया चिंतितां अिग्न हा शांति नीवे। धरा मानसीं आपला देहभाव ॥4॥
मुनी देखतां मूख हें चित्त ध्याय। देह मांडला भाव हा बापमाय।
तुक्या लागलें मानसीं देवपीसें । चित्त चोरटें सांवळें रूप कैसें ॥5॥
असे नांदतु हा हरी सर्वजीवीं । असे व्यापुनी अिग्न हा काष्ठ तेवीं ।
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
See that dark, luminous radiance, wearing a crown with splendid peacock feathers. At the sight of Him, all pain and illusion are destroyed. Worship Him, worship the Lord of the Yadavas, the King of yogis. Sixteen thousand women were enamored of Him, the divine, tender Gopika-children. He shines in their midst like ten million moons, adorned with a garland upon His beautiful throat. He is the greatest among the Yadavas, the Discus-bearer, whom thirty-three crore gods revere. Even mighty death and the demons tremble before Him. Behold this dark form that destroys all sin. How lovely are His feet, touched with vermillion. How fortunate is the brick that has received Him. By meditating on Him, even fire becomes peaceful. Hold His form in your heart and let go of all bodily vanity. The sages, upon seeing His face, are absorbed in meditation. Their whole being becomes devotion, parent, and mother. Says Tuka, the madness of God has seized my mind. How this heart-thief captures me with His dark beauty.
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Krishna Leela
Poems celebrating Krishna's birth, childhood, and divine play.
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