Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
अनाथां जीवन । आह्मां तुमचे चरण । करूनि सांटवण। धरीयेले हृदयीं ॥1॥
पुष्ट जाली अंगकांति । आनंद न समाये चित्तीं । कवतुकें प्रीती । गाऊं नाचों उल्हासें ॥ध्रु.॥
करुणाउत्तरीं। करून आळवण हरी । जाऊं नेदूं दुरी । प्रेमप्रीतिपडिभरें ॥2॥
मोहो माते करी गोवा । ऐसें आहे जी केशवा । तुका ह्मणे सेवा । आणीक नाहीं जाणत ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Your feet are the sustenance of the helpless; I have stored them within my heart as my treasure. My body has grown radiant, and joy overflows from my mind. In playful love I sing and dance with exultation. Through words of tender mercy I call upon Hari, and I will not let Him go far; love and devotion hold Him fast. Just as a mother's affection binds her child, so it is, O Keshava. Says Tuka, I know no other service than this.
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Ecstasy and Joy
Triumphant happiness: poems written from the far side of the struggle.
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