राम
गाथा 1884The Necessity of Experience

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha

मराठी मूळ

मुंगी आणि राव । आह्मां सारखाची जीव ॥1॥

गेला मोह आणि आशा । किळकाळाचा हा फांसा ॥ध्रु.॥

सोनें आणि माती। आह्मां समान हें चित्तीं ॥2॥

तुका ह्मणे आलें । घरा वैकुंठ सगळें ॥3॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

An ant and a king are equal in our eyes; the life force in each is the same. Attachment and desire are gone; they were the noose of death. Gold and clay are the same to our heart. Says Tuka, all of Vaikuntha has come home to us.

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अनुभव

The Necessity of Experience

Why direct experience of God, not mere learning, is the only path.

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