राम
गाथा 531The Necessity of Experience

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha

मराठी मूळ

बोलों अबोलणें मरोनियां जिणें । असोनि नसणें जनि आम्हां ॥१॥

भोगीं त्याग जाला संगीं च असंग । तोडियेले लाग माग दोन्ही ॥२॥

तुका म्हणे नव्हें दिसतों मी तैसा । पुसणें तें पुसा पांडुरंगा ॥३॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

To speak is to be silent; to die is to truly live; to exist among people is to not exist at all. In the midst of enjoyment, renunciation has happened; in company itself, detachment has taken hold, and both pursuit and attachment are severed. Says Tuka, I am not what I appear to be; if you wish to know the truth, ask Panduranga.

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अनुभव

The Necessity of Experience

Why direct experience of God, not mere learning, is the only path.

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