Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
नाहीं तरी आतां कैचा अनुभव । जालासीं तूं देव घरघेणा ॥1॥
जेथें तेथें देखें लांचाचा पर्वत । घ्यावें तरि चित्त समाधान ॥ध्रु.॥
आधीं वरी हात या नांवें उदार । उसण्याचे उपकार फिटाफीट ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे जैसी तैसी करूं सेवा । सामर्थ्य न देवा पायांपाशीं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
If there is no direct experience, then You have become a God who only takes and never gives. Wherever I look, mountains of bribes are demanded; if one is to receive, the mind must first be at peace. First the hand is extended, and the name of generosity is used; but these are merely borrowed favors that must soon be repaid. Says Tuka, I shall render whatever service I can; there is no real power at Your feet anyway.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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