Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
काय सांगों या संतांचे उपकार । मज निरंतर जागविती॥1॥
काय द्यावें त्यांचें व्हावें उतराइऩ । ठेवितां हा पायीं जीव थोडा ॥ध्रु.॥
सहज बोलणें हितउपदेश । करूनि सायास शिकविती॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे वत्स धेनुवेचा चित्तीं । तैसे मज येती सांभाळीत ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
How can I describe the grace of these saints? They keep me awake without ceasing. What can I give to repay them? Even if I lay down my life at their feet, it would be too little. Their ordinary conversation is itself the highest teaching; through patient effort they instruct me. Says Tuka, as a cow's heart is ever with her calf, so do they come watching over me.
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The Saints
The character and service of true saints: softer than butter, harder than diamond.
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