राम
गाथा 1206The Power of the Name

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha

मराठी मूळ

नव्हे गुरुदास्य संसारियां । वैराग्य तरी भेणें कांपे विषयां । तैसें नाम पंढरीराया । जया सायास न लगती ॥1॥

ह्मणोनि गोड सर्वभावें । आंघोळी न लगे तोंड धुवावें । अर्थचाड जीवें । न लगे भ्यावें संसारा ॥ध्रु.॥

कर्मा तंव न पुरे संसारिक । धर्म तंव फळदायक । नाम विठ्ठलाचें एक । नाशी दुःख भवाचें ॥2॥

न लगे सांडणें मांडणें । आगमनिगमाचें देखणें । अवघें तुका ह्मणे। विठ्ठलनामें आटलें ॥3॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

Serving a guru is not possible for the worldly-minded. The renunciant trembles at the sight of sense pleasures. But the Name of Pandhari's Lord requires no such effort. Therefore it is sweet in every way. No bathing or mouth-rinsing is required. No anxiety about self-interest is needed. One need not fear the world. Worldly action is never enough for the householder. Religious duty yields only limited fruit. The one Name of Vitthal alone destroys the sorrow of worldly existence. There is no need to take up or put down anything, no need to study scripture and tradition. Says Tuka, through the name of Vitthal, all is resolved.

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नाम महिमा

The Power of the Name

The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.

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