राम
गाथा 191Devotion to Vitthal

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha

मराठी मूळ

तेथील मोकासी चार भुजा त्यासी । बाइला सोळा हजार रे ॥१॥

नाचत जाऊं त्याच्या गांवा रे खेळिया । सुख देईल विसावा रे ।

पुढें गेले ते निधाई जाले । वाणितील त्याची सीमा रे ॥ध्रु.॥

बळियां आगळा पाळी लोकपाळां । रीघ नाहीं कळिकाळा रे ।

पुंडलीक पाटील केली कुळवाडी । तो जाला भवदुःखा वेगळा रे ॥२॥

संतसज्जनीं मांडिलीं दुकाने । जया जें पाहिजे तें आहे रे ।

भुक्तिमुक्ति फुका च साठीं । कोणी तयाकडे न पाहे रे ॥३॥

दोन्हीच हाट भरले घनदाट । अपार मिळाले वारकरी रे ।

न वजों म्हणती आम्ही वैकुंठा । जिहीं देखिली पंढरी रे ॥४॥

बहुत दिस होती मज आस । आजि घडलें सायासीं रे ।

तुका म्हणे होय तुमचेनी पुण्यें । भेटी तया पायांसी रे ॥५॥

पंढरी चोहटा मांडियेला खेळ । वैष्णव मिळोनि सकळ रे ।

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

Its ruler has four arms and sixteen thousand wives. Let us dance our way to His town, O players, for He will give us rest and joy. Those who have gone before have become treasures beyond measure; none can describe their glory. Mightier than the mighty, He sustains the guardians of the world, and even Death has no access there. Pundalik, the farmer, tilled the field of devotion and became free of the sorrow of worldly life. The saints and the righteous have set up their shops there, where whatever you need is available. Liberation and worldly enjoyment are given away for nothing, and yet no one even glances at them. Both the market days are packed and overflowing with countless pilgrims. Those who have seen Pandhari say, we will not go even to Vaikuntha. For many days I held this longing, and today, through great effort, it has been fulfilled. Says Tuka, by the merit of your company, I have touched those holy feet. On the crossroads of Pandhari, the game is set up; all the Vaishnavas have gathered together.

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Devotion to Vitthal

Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.

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