Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
कासियानें पूजा करूं केशीराजा । हा चि संदेह माझा फेडीं आतां ॥1॥
उदकें न्हाणूं तरी स्वरूप तुझें । तेथें काय माझें वेचे देवा ॥ध्रु.॥
गंधाचा सुगंध पुष्पाचा परिमळ । तेथें मी दुर्बळ काय करूं ॥2॥
फळदाता तूंच तांबोल अक्षता । तरी काय आतां वाहों तुज ॥3॥
वाहूं दिक्षणा जरी धातु नारायण । ब्रह्म तें चि अन्न दुजें काइऩ ॥4॥
गातां तूं ओंकार टाळी नादेश्वर । नाचावया थार नाहीं कोठें ॥5॥
तुका ह्मणें मज अवघें तुझें नाम । धूप दीप रामकृष्णहरि ॥6॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
With what shall I worship you, O Lord of Keshi? Resolve this doubt of mine. If I bathe you with water, that water is already your own form; what do I spend of mine, O God? The fragrance of sandalwood and the scent of flowers are already yours. Fruits, betel, and rice grains all come from you as their giver. If I offer coins, every metal is Narayana; the food offering is nothing but Brahman. When I sing, you are the primordial syllable Om; the clapping of hands is but the sound of the cosmic drum, and there is no ground apart from you on which to dance. Says Tuka, your name is all I have; the incense and the lamp are Rama, Krishna, Hari.
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