Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
अवघीं तुज बाळें सारिखीं नाहीं तें । नवल वाटतें पांडुरंगा ॥1॥
ह्मणतां लाज नाहीं सकळांची माउली । जवळी धरिलीं एकें दुरी ॥ध्रु.॥
एकां सुख द्यावें घेऊनि वोसंगा । एक दारीं गळा श्रमविती ॥2॥
एकां नवनीत पाजावें दाटून । एकें अन्न अन्नें करितील ॥3॥
एकें वाटतील न वजावीं दुरी । एकांचा मत्सर जवळी येतां ॥4॥
तुकयाबंधु ह्मणे नावडतीं त्यांस । कासया व्यालास नारायणा ॥5॥
निनांवा हें तुला । नांव साजे रे विठ्ठला ।
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
All of us are Your children, yet You do not treat us the same. This astonishes me, O Panduranga. You call Yourself the mother of all, yet You hold some close and push others away. Some You take upon Your lap and give them joy; others You leave straining at Your door. Some You feed with butter, pressing it upon them; others must beg for a single morsel. Some You never wish to leave Your side; others You despise when they draw near. Says Tukya-bandhu, why did You give birth to those You do not love, O Narayana? This is a stain upon You. The name Vitthal suits You well.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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