Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
तुज करितां होती ऐसे । मूढ चतुर पंडित पिसे॥1॥
परि वर्म नेणे तें कोणी । पीडाखाणी भोगितील ॥ध्रु.॥
उलंघितें पांगुळ गिरी । मुकें करी अनुवाद ॥2॥
पापी होय पुण्यवंत । न करी घात दुर्जन ॥3॥
अवघें हेळामात्रें हरि । मुH करी ब्रह्मांड॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे खेळे लीळा । पाहे वेगळा व्यापूनि ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
By Your doing, the foolish become wise, the learned go mad. Yet none knows the secret; all must endure their share of suffering. At Your will the lame scale mountains, the mute become eloquent. The sinner becomes virtuous, the wicked ceases to harm. In a single effortless gesture, Hari can liberate the entire universe. Says Tuka, He plays His divine sport, pervading everything yet watching from beyond.
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