Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
घेइन प्रेमपान्हा । भिHसुख निवाडें ॥1॥
यासी तुळे ऐसे कांहीं । दुजें त्रिभुवनीं नाहीं ।
काला भात दहीं । ब्रह्मादिकां दुर्लभ ॥ध्रु.॥
निमिशा अर्ध संतसंगति । वास वैकुंठीं कल्पांतीं ।
मोक्षपदें होती । ते विश्रांति बापुडी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे हें चि देइप । मीतूंपणा खंड नाहीं।
बोलिलों त्या नाहीं । अभेदाची आवडी ॥3॥ ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I will drink the milk of divine love, the undivided bliss of devotion. Nothing in the three worlds compares to this; the buttermilk, rice, and curd that even Brahma and the gods cannot obtain. A half-moment's company of the saints surpasses ages in Vaikuntha; the liberation they speak of is a paltry thing beside it. Says Tuka, grant me this alone: an unbroken union without any trace of You and me. This longing for oneness is my only love.
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