Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
चाल केलासी मोकळा । बोल विठ्ठल वेळोवेळां ॥१॥
तुज पापचि नाहीं ऐसें । नाम घेतां जवळीं वसे ॥ध्रु.॥
पंच पातकांच्या कोडी । नामें जळतां न लगे घडी ॥२॥
केलीं मागें नको राहों । तुज जमान आम्ही आहों ॥३॥
करीं तुज जीं करवती । आणिक नामें घेऊं किती ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे काळा । रीग नाहीं निघती ज्वाळा ॥५॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Go about freely and speak the name of Vitthal at every moment. No sin can touch you, for when you chant His name, He comes to dwell near you. Even mountains of sin burn to nothing in an instant through the Name. Do not hold back because of past deeds; we stand as your guarantee. We will make you do what needs to be done; how many more names need we invoke? Says Tuka, where the flames of the Name blaze forth, even Death cannot enter.
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The Power of the Name
The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.
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