Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
नव्हें दास खरा । परि जाला हा डांगोरा ॥1॥
यासी काय करूं आतां । तूं हें सकळ जाणता ॥ध्रु.॥
नाहीं पुण्यगाठीं । जे हें वेचूं कोणासाठीं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे कां उपाधी । वाढविली कृपानिधी ॥3॥
ऐसे आह्मी जाणों दास । ह्मणोनि जालों उदास ॥ध्रु.॥
तुह्मी दिला धीर। तेणें मन झालें िस्थर ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे आड । केलों मी हें तुझें कोड॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I am not a true servant, yet this proclamation has been made. What can be done about it now? You know everything. I have no store of merit to spend on anyone's behalf. Says Tuka, why have You increased this worldly complication, O Treasury of mercy? We know what it means to be Your servants; that is why we have become detached. You gave us courage, and thereby our minds became steady. Says Tuka, I have stood in Your way; that was Your own playful wish.
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