Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
उदारा कृपाळा पतितपावना । िब्रदें नारायणा साच तुझीं ॥1॥
वणिऩलासी जैसा जाणतां नेणतां । तैसा तूं अनंता साच होसी ॥ध्रु.॥
दैत्यां काळ भHां मेघश्याममूतिऩ । चतुर्भुज हातीं शंख चक्र ॥2॥
काम इच्छा तयां तैसा होसी राणीं । यशोदेच्या स्तनीं पान करी ॥3॥
होऊनि सकळ कांहींच न होसी । तुका ह्मणे यासी वेद ग्वाही ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
O generous One, O merciful Savior of the fallen, Your titles are true, O Narayana. As You have been described by the knowing and the unknowing alike, so You truly are, O Infinite Lord. To demons You are Death; to devotees You appear as the dark-hued form, four-armed, bearing conch and discus. You take whatever form desire and devotion call forth; You nursed at Yashoda's breast. Being everything, You are yet nothing at all. Says Tuka, the Vedas themselves bear witness to this.
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