Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
आपुलें मरण पाहिलें म्यां डोळां । तो जाला सोहळा अनुपम्य ॥1॥
आनंदे दाटलीं तिन्ही त्रिभुवनें । सर्वात्मकपणें भोग जाला ॥ध्रु.॥
एकदेशीं होतों अहंकारें आथिला । त्याच्या त्यागें जाला सुकाळ हा ॥2॥
फिटलें सुतक जन्ममरणाचें । मी माझ्या संकोचें दुरी जालों ॥3॥
नारायणें दिला वस्तीस ठाव । ठेवूनियां भाव ठेलों पायीं ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे दिलें उमटूनि जगीं । घेतलें तें अंगीं लावूनियां ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I witnessed my own death with my own eyes, and it became a celebration beyond compare. All three worlds were flooded with bliss; through the realization of being the Self of all, that joy was experienced. I was confined to one corner by the ego; by renouncing it, this abundance was born. The impurity of birth and death has been wiped clean; through the release of 'I' and 'mine,' all separation has ended. Narayana granted me a dwelling place; I laid my devotion at His feet and remained. Says Tuka, what was given has been stamped upon the world; what was received has been absorbed into my very being.
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