Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
अवघा भार वाटे देवा । संतसेवा न घडतां ॥1॥
कसोटी हे असे हातीं । सत्य भूतीं भगवंत ॥ध्रु.॥
चुकलोंसा दिसें पंथ । गेले संत तो ऐसा ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे सोंग वांयां । कारण या अनुभवें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Everything feels like a burden, O God, when service to the saints does not happen. This is the touchstone at hand: that God truly dwells in all beings. I seem to have lost the path that the saints once walked. Says Tuka, pretense is useless; what matters is this direct experience.
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The Saints
The character and service of true saints: softer than butter, harder than diamond.
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