Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
बोळविला देह आपुलेनि हातें । हुताशिलीं भूतें ब्रह्माग्नीसीं ॥1॥
एकवेळे जालें सकळ कारण । आतां नारायण नारायण ॥ध्रु.॥
अमृतसंजीवनी निवविली खाइऩ । अंगें तये ठायीं हारपलीं ॥2॥
एकादशीविध जागरण उपवास । बारावा दिवस भोजनाचा ।3॥
अवघीं कर्में जालीं घटस्पोटापाशीं । संबंध एकेसी उरला नामीं ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे आतां आनंदीं आनंदु । गोविंदीं गोविंदु विस्तारला ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I performed the last rites of the body with my own hands. The elements were offered into the fire of Brahman. At once, all obligations were fulfilled; now there is only Narayana, Narayana. The nectar of immortality has been fed and the body has been soothed; all its parts have dissolved into that essence. The Ekadashi ritual of fasting and vigil concluded; the twelfth day is for the feast. All karmic rites ended with the breaking of the vessel; the only remaining bond is with the Name. Says Tuka, now there is bliss within bliss; Govinda has expanded into Govinda throughout all creation.
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