Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
तुझा ह्मणऊनि जालों उतराइऩ । त्याचें वर्म काइऩ तें मी नेणें ॥1॥
हातीं धरोनियां दावीं मज वाट । पुढें कोण नीट तें चि देवा ॥ध्रु.॥
देवभHपण करावें जतन । दोहीं पक्षीं जाण तूं चि बळी ॥2॥
अभिमानें तुज लागली हे लाज । शरणागतां काज करावया ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे बहु नेणता मी फार । ह्मणऊनि विचार जाणविला ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
By calling myself yours, I became free of debt. The secret of how that works, I do not know. Take me by the hand and show me the path; which way is right, only you know, O God. Protect the bond between God and devotee; on both sides of that bond, you alone are strong. Your own honor compels you, for you are bound by the shame of caring for those who surrender. Says Tuka, I am utterly ignorant; that is exactly why I have laid these thoughts before you.
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Surrender and Acceptance
The conditions of spiritual receptivity and the letting go of the separate self.
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