Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
बोलविले जेणें । तो चि याचें गुहए जाणे ॥1॥
मी तों काबाडाचा धनी । जेवूं मागावें थिंकोनि ॥ध्रु.॥
मजुराच्या हातें । माप जालें गेलें रितें ॥2॥
जाला पुरविता । पांडुरंग माझा पिता॥3॥
मायबापासवें । बाळें कौतुकें खेळावें ॥4॥
जैसा करिती धंदा । तैसा पडोनियां छंदा ॥5॥
त्याच्या साच गाइऩ ह्मैसी । येणें खेळावें मातीशीं ॥6॥
तुका ह्मणे बोल । माझा बोलतो विठ्ठल ॥7॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The one who makes me speak is the only one who knows the secret of these words. I am merely the laborer; I must beg humbly for my meal. Through the hired hand's measure the grain comes and goes, filling and emptying. Panduranga, my father, has become the provider. Like a child playing happily with its parents, I play whatever game they set before me. His are the true cows and buffaloes; with these one may play in the mud. Says Tuka, it is Vitthal who speaks my words.
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