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गाथा 3194The Necessity of Experience

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha

मराठी मूळ

वचनाचा अनुभव हातीं । बोलविती देव मज ॥1॥

परि हें न कळे अभाविकां । जडलोकां जिवांसी ॥ध्रु.॥

अश्रुत हे प्रसादिक । कृपा भीक स्वामीची ॥2॥

तुका ह्मणे वरावरी । जातों तरी सांगत ॥3॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

The truth of these words is in my hands; it is God who makes me speak. But this cannot be understood by the faithless, by those souls sunk in dull matter. These are unheard-of gifts of grace, alms of mercy from the Master. Says Tuka, I keep telling you as I go along, ascending ever higher.

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अनुभव

The Necessity of Experience

Why direct experience of God, not mere learning, is the only path.

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