Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
कळे न कळे त्या धर्म । ऐका सांगतों रे वर्म । माझ्या विठोबाचें नाम । अटाहासें उच्चारा ॥1॥
तो या दाखवील वाटा । तया पाहिजे त्या नीटा । कृपावंत मोटा । पाहिजे तो कळवळा ॥ध्रु.॥
पुसतां चुका होतो वाटा । सवें बोळावा गोमटा । मोडों नेदी कांटा । घेऊं सांटा चोरासी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे मोल । न लगें द्यावें वेचावे बोल । विठ्ठल विठ्ठल । ऐसा छंद मनासी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Whether you understand dharma or not, listen, I will tell you the secret. Cry out the Name of my Vitthal with full-throated fervor. He will show you the paths you need, whatever they may be; the compassionate One will answer your yearning. When you lose your way, He walks beside you as a gracious guide; He will not let thorns prick you or thieves assail you. Says Tuka, no price need be paid, no words need be spent; just let the mind chant Vitthal, Vitthal.
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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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