Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
तुमचे स्तुतियोग्य कोटें माझी वाणी । मस्तक चरणीं ठेवीतसें ॥1॥
भिHभाग्य तरी नेदीं तुळसीदळ । जोडूनि अंजुळ उभा असें ॥ध्रु.॥
कैचें भाग्य ऐसें पाविजे संनिध । नेणें पाळूं विध करुणा भाकीं ॥2॥
संतांचे सेवटीं उिच्छष्टाची आस । करूनियां वास पाहातसें ॥3॥
करीं इच्छा मज ह्मणोत आपुलें । एखादिया बोलें निमित्याच्या ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे शरण आलों हें साधन । करितों चिंतन रात्रदिवस ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
My tongue is not worthy of praising You. I place my head at Your feet. If devotion were my destiny, I would offer even a tulsi leaf. With folded hands, I stand before You. What fortune could bring me so close to You? I do not know how to observe proper form; I simply cry for mercy. At the end of the saints' feast, I wait, hoping for a taste of their leftover grace. My one desire is that someone call me their own, even through a chance word. Says Tuka, having come to You in surrender, that is my spiritual practice. I contemplate You day and night.
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Prayers
Direct appeals to God: for protection, guidance, strength, and mercy.
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