Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
दुःखाचिये साटीं तेथें मिळे सुख । अनाथाची भूक दैन्य जाय ॥1॥
उदाराचा राणा पंढरीस आहे । उभारोनि बाहे पालवितो ॥1॥
जाणतियाहूनि नेणत्याची गोडी । आिंळगी आवडी करूनियां ॥2॥
शीण घेऊनियां प्रेम देतो साटी । न विचारी तुटी लाभा कांहीं ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे असों अनाथ दुबळीं । आह्मांसी तो पाळी पांडुरंग ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Where one brings sorrow, there one finds joy in return. The hunger and wretchedness of the destitute vanish there. The king of the generous dwells in Pandhari, arms raised high, beckoning all. He loves the innocence of the unknowing even more than the wisdom of the learned; He embraces them with special affection. He takes on suffering and gives love in exchange, never counting the cost or the gain. Says Tuka, let us be poor and helpless; Panduranga will sustain us all the same.
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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