Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
आह्मीं जाणावें तें काइऩ तुझें वर्म कोणे ठायीं । अंतपार नाहीं ऐसें श्रुति बोलती ॥1॥
होइप मज तैसा मज तैसा साना सकुमार रुषीकेशा । पुरवीं माझी आशा भुजा चारी दाखवीं॥ध्रु.॥
खालता सप्त ही पाताळा वरता स्वर्गाहूनि ढिसाळा । तो मी मस्यक डोळां कैसा पाहों आपला ॥2॥
मज असे हा भरवसा पढीयें वोसी तयां तैसा । पंढरीनिवासा तुका ह्मणे गा विठोबा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
How can I know Your secret, and where does it reside? The scriptures themselves declare You are without end or limit. Then become for me small and tender, O Hrishikesha; show me Your four-armed form and fulfill my longing. You extend below the seven nether worlds and tower beyond the heavens. How then can I behold You with these small eyes? I have this faith that You become whatever Your devotee needs. Says Tuka, O Vithoba, dweller of Pandhari, I trust in this.
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