Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
 उमा रमा एके सरी । वाराणसी ते पंढरी ॥1॥
 दोघे सारिखे सारिखे । विश्वनाथ विठ्ठल सखे ॥ध्रु.॥
 तेथें असे भागीरथी। येथें जाणा भीमरथी ॥2॥
 वाराणशी त्रिशुलावरी । सुदर्शनावरि पंढरी ॥3॥
 मनकणिऩका मनोहर । चंद्रभागा सरोवर ॥4॥
 वाराणशी भैरवकाळ । पुंडलीक क्षेत्रपाळ ॥5॥
 धुंडिराज दंडपाणी। उभा गरुड कर जोडुनी ॥6॥
 गया ते चि गोपाळपुर । प्रयाग निरानरसिंपुर ॥7॥
 तेथें असती गयावळ । येथें गाइऩ आणि गोपाळ॥8॥
 शमीपत्रपिंड देती । येथें काला निजसुखप्रािप्त ॥9॥
 संतसज्जनीं केला काला । तुका प्रसाद लाधला ॥10॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Uma and Rama stand equal; Varanasi is the same as Pandhari. Both are alike: Vishwanath and Vitthal are friends. The Ganga flows there; know that the Bhima flows here. Varanasi rests on the trident; Pandhari rests on the Sudarshana discus. The beautiful Manikarnika ghat corresponds to the splendid Chandrabhaga. Bhairava guards Varanasi; Pundalika is the guardian of this sacred land. Dhundiraja stands with his staff there; here stands Garuda with hands folded. Gaya is the same as Gopalpur; Prayag is the same as Narasimhapur. Gayawals serve there; here, cows and cowherds serve. There, offerings are made with shami leaves; here, the offering is the attainment of true bliss. Says Tuka, the saints and the good performed the rites, and Tuka received the grace.
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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