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गाथा 2433The Necessity of Experience

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha

मराठी मूळ

बोलाल या आतां आपुल्यापुरतें । मज या अनंतें गोवियेलें ॥1॥

झाडिला न सोडी हातींचा पालव । वेधी वेधें जीव वेधियेला ॥ध्रु.॥

तुमचे ते शब्द कोरडिया गोष्टी । मज सवें मिठी अंगसंगें ॥2॥

तुका ह्मणे तुह्मां होइऩल हे परी । अनुभव वरी येइऩल मग ॥3॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

Speak now for yourselves. As for me, the Infinite One has claimed me. Though I shake Him off, He will not release the hem of my garment. He has pierced my soul with an irresistible enchantment. Your words are dry, mere talk. But I have His embrace, body to body. Says Tuka, you too will experience this in time. The proof will come to the surface eventually.

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अनुभव

The Necessity of Experience

Why direct experience of God, not mere learning, is the only path.

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