Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
न कळे जी भHी काय करूं सेवा । संकोचोनि देवा राहिलोंसे ॥1॥
जोडोनियां कर राहिलों निवांत । पायांपाशीं चित्त ठेवूनियां ॥ध्रु.॥
दिशाभुली करीं स्थळीं प्रदक्षणा । भ्रमें नारायणा कष्टविलें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे जालों आYोचा पाळक । जीवनासी एक ठाव केला ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I do not know what devotion is or how to serve You, O Lord, and so I have withdrawn in hesitation. With folded hands I remain quiet, keeping my mind fixed at Your feet. In my confusion I circumambulate the wrong places; in my error, O Narayana, I have wearied You. Says Tuka, I have become a keeper of Your command, making Your service the one abode of my life.
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