Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
आतां येणें बळें पंढरीनाथ । जवळी राहिला तिष्ठत । पाहातां न कळे जयाचा अंत । तो चि हृदयांत घालूं आतां ॥1॥
विसरोनि आपुला देहपणभाव । नामें चि भुलविला पंढरीराव । न विचारी याती कुळ नांव । लागावया पाव संतांचे ॥2॥
बरें वर्म आलें आमुचिया हातां । हिंडावें धुंडावें न लगतां । होय अविनाश सहाकारी दाता । चतुर्भुज संता परि धाकें ॥3॥
होय आवडी सानें थोर । रूप सुंदर मनोहर । भिHिप्रय लोभापर । करी आदर याचकपणें ॥4॥
तें वर्म आलें आमुच्या हाता । ह्मणोनि शरण निघालों संतां । तुका ह्मणे पंढरीनाथा । न सोडी आतां जीवें भावें ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Now by this power the Lord of Pandhari has remained standing close at hand. Looking upon Him, one cannot fathom His limits, yet that very One I will now place within my heart. Forgetting all body-consciousness, I have been captivated by the Name alone. The Lord of Pandhari does not consider caste, lineage, or reputation when it comes to touching the feet of saints. A wonderful secret has come into our hands. Without searching or seeking, the imperishable and generous Giver appears, though He stands in awe before His saints like a four-armed deity. He becomes large or small according to one's love. His form is beautiful and enchanting. He loves devotion and shows respect even as a supplicant. That secret has come into our hands, and so I have gone to the saints for refuge. Says Tuka, O Lord of Pandhari, I will not let go of You now, with all my life and soul.
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The Power of the Name
The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.
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