Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
कृष्ण हा परिचारी कृष्ण हा वेव्हारी । कृष्ण घ्या वो नारी आणिकी ह्मणे ॥1॥
ह्मणे कृष्णाविण कैसें तुह्मां गमे । विळ हा करमे वांयांविण ॥2॥
वांयांविण तुह्मीं पिटीत्या चाकटी । घ्या गे जगजेठी क्षणभरी ॥3॥
क्षणभरी याच्या सुखाचा सोहळा । पहा एकवेळा घेऊनियां ॥4॥
याचें सुख तुह्मां कळलियावरि । मग दारोदारीं न फिराल ॥5॥
लटिकें हें तुह्मां वाटेल खेळणें । एका कृष्णाविणें आवघें चि ॥6॥
अवघ्यांचा तुह्मीं टाकाल सांगात । घेऊनि अनंत जाल राना ॥7॥
नावडे तुह्मांस आणीक बोलिलें । मग हें लागलें हरिध्यान ॥8॥
न करा हा मग या जीवा वेगळा । टोंकवाल बाळा आणिका ही ॥9॥
आणिका ही तुह्मा येती काकुलती। जवळी इिच्छती क्षण बैसों ॥10॥
बैसों चला पाहों गोपाळाचें मुख। एकी एक सुख सांगतील ॥11॥
सांगे जंव ऐसी मात दसवंती । तंव धरिती चित्तीं बाळा ॥12॥
बाळा एकी घरा घेउनियां जाती । नाहीं त्या परती तुका ह्मणे ॥13॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The women say, 'Krishna is our attendant, Krishna is our dealer. Take Krishna, O women, give Him to one another.' Yashoda says, 'How do you pass the time without Krishna? How does the day go by?' 'Why do you stand empty-handed, clapping in vain? Take the Lord of the World for even a moment.' 'Once you taste His joy, you will never wander door to door again.' 'All this play will seem false to you, everything except Krishna.' 'You will abandon every companion and go with Krishna alone to the wilderness.' 'No other words will please you once this Hari-meditation has taken root.' 'You will not then make Him separate from your soul. You will urge even others toward Him.' 'Others too will come pleading to you, longing to sit near Him for a moment.' 'Come, let us sit and gaze at Gopala's face,' they tell each other, sharing news of their joy. Says Tuka, some women take the child home. They do not bring Him back.
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Krishna Leela
Poems celebrating Krishna's birth, childhood, and divine play.
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