Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
 आह्मां वैष्णवांचा कुळधर्म कुळींचा । विश्वास नामाचा एका भावें ॥1॥
 तरी च हरिचेदास ह्मणवितां श्लाघीजे । निर्वासना कीजे चित्त आधी ॥ध्रु.॥
 गाऊं नाचूं प्रेमें आनंदें कीर्तनीं । भुिH मुिH दोन्ही न मगों तुज ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे देवा ऐसी यांची सेवा। द्यावी जी केशवा जन्मोजन्मीं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Our ancestral duty, the heritage of our Vaishnava clan, is faith in the Name with single-pointed devotion. Only then can one truly claim to be a servant of Hari; first make the mind free of desire. We will sing and dance with love and bliss in kirtan; we ask You for neither worldly enjoyment nor liberation. Says Tuka, O Keshava, grant us this service of the saints, birth after birth.
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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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