Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
खेचर खडतर । काळ कांपती असुर । नांदे भीमातीर । पंढरपुर पाटणीं ॥१॥
आतां करी कां रे हाकारा । सहस्र नामें एकसरा । दवडिते खेचरा । अंगसंगें धरूनी ॥ध्रु.॥
सीते जाली झडपणी । राहाणे वासुगीच्या बनीं । पावली जननी । झोंटि मोकळिया केशी ॥२॥
लाविलें कावरें । प्रल्हादा म्हैसासुरें । आली येकसरें । दांत खात रंगासी ॥३॥
वसुदेवाचीं बाळें । सात खादलीं ज्या काळें। आली भोगवेळे । तया कारणें तेथें ॥४॥
पांडवें बापुडीं । वाज केलीं फिरती वेडीं । धांवोनियां काढी । अंगसंगें त्राहाविलीं ॥५॥
नामाचें चिंतन । तेथें धांवते आपण । न विचारितां हीण । भाव देखे जयाचा ॥६॥
कुळीची कुळदेवता । तुका म्हणे आम्हां माता । काय भय भूतां । काळ यमदूताचें ॥७॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Fierce spirits tremble and even Death and the demons shake with fear before her. She dwells on the banks of the Bhima at Pandharpur. Chant her thousand names in one stream; she drives away evil spirits by her very touch. When Sita was seized, the goddess came roaring with her hair unbound. When Prahlada was tormented by the buffalo-demon, she arrived at once, grinding her teeth in fury. When seven infants of Vasudeva were devoured, she appeared at the fateful hour. When the Pandavas were driven into helpless exile, she rushed to their side and sheltered them. Wherever the name is remembered, she runs of her own accord, seeing only the devotee's faith. Says Tuka, she is our family goddess and our mother; what fear can death or its messengers hold for us?
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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