Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
हे चि भेटी साच रूपाचा आठव । विसावला जीव आवडीपें ॥1॥
सुखाचें भातुकें करावें जतन । सेविल्या ताहान भूक जाय ॥ध्रु.॥
दुरील जवळी आपण चि होतें । कविळलें चित्तें जिवापासीं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे नाम घेतों वेळोवेळां । होतील सकळा शीतळा नाडी ॥3॥
साळुंकी मंजूळ बोलतसे वाणी । शिकविता धणी वेगळाची ॥ध्रु.॥
काय म्यां पामरें बोलावीं उत्तरें । परि त्या विश्वंभरें बोलविलें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे त्याची कोण जाणे कळा । चालवी पांगळा पायांविण ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The true meeting is the remembrance of His form; the soul has found its rest in that love. Guard this treasure of joy carefully; partaking of it, both hunger and thirst vanish. What seemed far away drew near of its own accord; the heart embraced the soul from within. Says Tuka, I take the Name again and again, and all my pulses become cool and calm. A starling sings in a sweet voice, yet the one who taught it stands apart. What words can a wretch like me utter? Yet the Lord of the universe has made me speak. Says Tuka, who can know His art? He makes the lame walk without legs.
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The Power of the Name
The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.
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