Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
भिH तों कठिण शुळावरील पोळी । निवडे तो बळी विरळा शूर ॥1॥
जेथें पाहें तेथें देखीचा पर्वत । पायाविण भिंत तांतडीची ॥ध्रु.॥
कामावलें तरि पाका ओज घडे । रुचि आणि जोडे श्लाघ्यता हे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे मना पाहिजे अंकुश । नित्य नवा दिस जागृतीचा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Devotion is as difficult as a cake upon a spike. Only the rare and valiant hero can claim it. Wherever I look, I see mountains of obstacles, walls built in haste and without foundation. But if one perseveres, the dish is finally cooked to perfection, and both flavor and honor are won. Says Tuka, the mind needs a goad. Each day must bring fresh vigilance.
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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