Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
वेदपुरुष तरि नेती कां वचन । निवडूनि भिन्न दाखविलें ॥1॥
तुझीं वर्में तूं चि दावूनि अनंता । होतोसी नेणता कोण्या गुणें ॥ध्रु.॥
यYााचा भोHा तरि कां नव्हे सांग । उणें पडतां अंग क्षोभ घडे ॥2॥
वससी तूं या भूतांचे अंतरीं । तरि कां भेद हरी दावियेला ॥3॥
तपतिर्थाटणें तुझे मूतिऩदान । तरि कां अभिमान आड येतो ॥4॥
आतां क्षमा कीजे विनवितो तुका । देऊनियां हाका उभा द्वारीं ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
If the Vedas are the Purusha, why did speech separate and distinguish things? You yourself revealed your own secrets, O Ananta, yet by what quality do you then pretend not to know? If you are the enjoyer of sacrifices, why does your anger flare when offerings fall short? You dwell within the hearts of all beings, yet why, O Hari, have you shown division? If pilgrimages, austerities, and offerings of your own image exist, why does pride still stand in the way? Says Tuka, please forgive me now. I stand at your door calling out to you.
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