Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
धरोनि दोन्ही रूपें पाळणें संहार । करी कोप रुद्र दयाळ विष्णु ॥1॥
जटाजूट एका मुगुट माथां शिरीं । कमळापति गौरीहर एक ॥ध्रु.॥
भस्मउद्धळण लIमीचा भोग । शंकर श्रीरंग उभयरूपीं ॥2॥
वैजयंती माळा वासुगीचा हार । लेणें अळंकार हरिहरा ॥3॥
कपाळ झोळी एका स्मशानींचा वास । एक जगन्निवास विश्वंभर ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे मज उभयरूपीं एक । सारोनि संकल्प शरण आलों ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Holding both forms, He sustains and destroys: fierce as Rudra, compassionate as Vishnu. One wears matted locks, the other a crown; the Lord of Kamala and the Lord of Gauri are one. One is smeared with ash, the other enjoys the company of Lakshmi; Shankara and Shrirang are both aspects of the same being. One wears the Vaijayanti garland, the other the serpent Vasuki; both are ornaments of Harihara. One carries a skull and dwells in cremation grounds; the other is the Lord of the universe. Says Tuka, to me both forms are one. Settling all deliberation, I have come to surrender.
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