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गाथा 426The Necessity of Experience

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha

मराठी मूळ

न चलती हात पाय दृष्टी फिरली कैसी । जाणतां न देखों गा क्षर आणि अक्षरासी ॥१॥

विठोबा दान दे गा तुझ्या सारिखें नामा । कीर्ति हे वाखाणिली थोर वाढली सीमा ॥ध्रु.॥

भक्तिमुक्ति तूं चि एक होसि सिद्धीचा दाता । म्हणोनि सांडवली शोक भय लज्जा चिंता ।

सर्वस्वें त्याग केला धांव घातली आतां । कृपादान देई देवा येउनि सामोरा आतां ॥२॥

संसारसागरू गा भवदुःखाचें मूळ । जनवाद अंथरुण माजी केले इंगळ ।

इंयें वज्रघातें तपे उष्ण वरी जाळ । सोसिलें काय करूं दुर्भर हे चांडाळ ॥३॥

तिहीं लोकीं तुझें नाम वृक्ष पल्लव शाखा । वेंघलों वरि खोडा भाव धरूनि टेंका ।

जाणवी नरनारी जागो धरम लोकां । पावती पुण्यवंत सोई आमुचिये हाका ॥४॥

नाठवे आपपर आतां काय बा करूं । सारिखा सोइसवा हारपला विचारू ।

घातला योगक्षेम तुज आपुला भारू । तुकया शरणागता देई अभयकरू ॥५॥

वासुदेव - अभंग ६

मनु राजा एक देहपुरी । असे नांदतु त्यासि दोघी नारी।

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

My hands and feet will not move; my sight has turned inward so that I can no longer perceive the perishable or the imperishable. O Vitthala, give me the gift of your name, whose fame has spread beyond all measure. You alone are the giver of devotion, liberation, and all powers; therefore I have cast away grief, fear, shame, and worry. I have renounced everything and now rush toward you; come forward and grant me the gift of your grace. This ocean of worldly existence is the root of all sorrow; public opinion is a bed lined with burning coals, and the blows of the senses scorch with unbearable heat. In all three worlds your name is a tree with branches and leaves; I have climbed its trunk, clinging with the grip of faith. Says Tuka, your surrendered one: I can no longer tell self from other, and all reckoning has dissolved. I have placed the burden of my welfare upon you; grant the fearless hand to this refugee.

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