Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
पुत्र पौत्र संपन्न भारी । तेणें कृपा केली आम्हांवरी गा ॥१॥
म्हणउनि आलों या देशा । होतों नाहीं तरी भुललों दिशा ।
दाता तो मज भेटला इच्छा । येउनि मारग दाविला सरिसा गा॥ध्रु.॥
सवें घेउनि चौघेजण । आला कुमर सुलक्षण ।
कडे चुकवुनि कांटवण । ऐका आणिली तीं कोण कोण गा ॥२॥
पुढें भक्तिनें धरिलें हातीं । मागें ज्ञान वैराग्य धर्म येती ।
स्थिर केलीं जीं आचपळें होतीं । सद्धि आणुनि लाविलीं पंथीं गा ॥३॥
केले उपकार सांगों काय । बाप न करी ऐसी माय ।
धर्में त्याच्या देखियेले पाय । दिलें अखय भय वारुनि दान गा ॥४॥
होतों पीडत हिंडतां गांव । पोट भरेना राहावया ठाव ।
तो येणें अवघा संदेह । म्हणे फेडियेला तुकयाचा बंधव गा ॥५॥
गातों वासुदेव मीं ऐका । चित्त ठेवुनि ठायीं भावें एका ।
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He who is rich in sons and grandsons has shown us his grace. Because of him I came to this land; without him I would have lost my way in every direction. That generous one met me and walked the path beside me. He brought four companions along: Devotion took my hand and led the way, while Knowledge, Dispassion, and Righteousness followed, steadying all that had been restless and setting me on the true path. What shall I say of his kindness? Not even a father or mother does so much. By his grace I beheld the Lord's feet, and he gave me the deathless gift, dispelling all fear. Says Tuka, I was suffering, wandering from village to village, my belly unfilled, with no place to rest; then this brother came and removed every doubt.
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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