Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
तुज वर्णी ऐसा तुज विण नाहीं । दुजा कोणी तीहीं त्रिभुवनीं ॥1॥
सहस्रमुखें शेष सिणला बापुडा । चिरलिया धडा जिव्हा त्याच्या ॥ध्रु.॥
अव्यक्त अलक्षा अपारा अनंता । निर्गुणा सचिद नारायणा ॥2॥
रूप नाम घेसी आपुल्या स्वइच्छा । होसी भाव तैसा त्याकारणें ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे जरी दाविसी आपणा । तरि च नारायणा कळों येसी ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
There is no one in the three worlds who can describe You except Yourself. The thousand-mouthed Shesha has grown weary, even with his tongues split into countless parts. You are unmanifest, imperceptible, boundless, and infinite, O formless Narayana of pure being and consciousness. You take up name and form by Your own will, becoming whatever the devotee's faith requires. Says Tuka, only if You reveal Yourself, O Narayana, can You be known.
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