Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
 हरिजनीं प्राण विकली हे काया । अंकिला मी तया घरीं जालों ॥1॥
 ह्मणियें सत्वर करीन सांगतां । घेइऩन मी देतां शेष त्यांचें ॥ध्रु.॥
 आस करूनियां राहेन अंगणीं । उचिष्टाची धणी घ्यावयासी ॥2॥
 चालतां ते मागाअ चरणीचे रज । उडती सहज घेइन आतां ॥3॥
 दुरि त्यांपासूनि न वजें दवडितां । तुका ह्मणे लाता घेइन अंगीं ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I have sold my life and body to the servants of Hari; I have become a bondsman in their household. Tell me what to do and I will do it at once. Whatever remains of their meal, I will gladly receive. I will wait hopefully in their courtyard just to have my fill of their leftovers. As they walk ahead, I will catch the dust rising naturally from their feet. I will not go far from them even if they drive me away. Says Tuka, I will take their kicks upon my body.
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Surrender and Acceptance
The conditions of spiritual receptivity and the letting go of the separate self.
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