Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
कर कटावरी तुळसीच्या माळा । ऐसें रूप डोळां दावीं हरी ॥१॥
ठेविले चरण दोन्ही विटेवरी । ऐसें रूप हरी दावीं डोळां ॥ध्रु.॥
कटीं पीतांबर कास मिरवली । दाखवीं वहिली ऐसी मूर्ती ॥२॥
गरुडपारावरी उभा राहिलासी । आठवें मानसीं तें चि रूप ॥३॥
झुरोनी पांजरा होऊं पाहें आतां । येईं पंढरीनाथा भेटावया ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे माझी पुरवावी आस । विनंती उदास करूं नये ॥५॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Hands resting on the waist, garlands of tulsi around the neck: show me that form, O Hari. Both feet placed upon the brick: show that form to my eyes, O Hari. A yellow silk at the waist with its sash unfurled: reveal that image to me quickly. You stand upon the Garuda pillar, and that very form rises in my mind. My body wastes away like a cage of bones; come now, O Lord of Pandhari, and meet me. Says Tuka, fulfill my longing; do not turn away from this humble plea.
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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