Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
नेणें अर्थ कांहीं नव्हती माझे बोल । विनवितों कोपाल संत झणी ॥1॥
नव्हती माझे बोल बोले पांडुरंग । असे अंगसंगें व्यापूनिया ॥ध्रु.॥
मज मूढा शिH कैंचा हा विचार । निगमादिकां पार बोलावया ॥2॥
राम कृष्ण हरी मुकुंदा मुरारि । बोबडा उत्तरीं हें चि ध्यान ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे गुरुकृपेचा आधार । पांडुरंगें भार घेतला माझा ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I know nothing of meaning; these words are not my own. I pray the saints will not be angered. These are not my words; it is Panduranga who speaks, pervading me through and through. How could a fool like me possess such insight, when even the Vedas struggle to express it? Rama, Krishna, Hari, Mukunda, Murari: this stammering repetition is my only meditation. Says Tuka, I lean on the grace of the guru; Panduranga has taken on my entire burden.
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