Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
काय नाहीं माझे अंतरीं वसति । व्यापक हा भूतीं सकळां नांदे ॥1॥
चित्तासी प्रसाद होइऩल चळण । तें चि तें वळण मनासही ॥ध्रु.॥
सर्व शिH जीवीं राहिल्या कुंटित । नाहीं केलें होत आपुलें तें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे दोरी खांब सूjया हातीं । नाचवी नाचती जडें तैसीं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Does He not dwell within my own heart? He is the all-pervading One who lives in every being. Whatever stirs in the mind is His own grace moving it; the mind simply follows that current. All powers of the soul remain dormant; nothing I do is accomplished by my own effort. Says Tuka, the strings and the puppeteer's rod are in His hands; the lifeless puppets dance only as He moves them.
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