Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
काय विरिH कळे आह्मां । जाणों एका नामा विठोबाच्या ॥1॥
नाचों सुखें वैष्णवमेळीं । टाळघोळीं आनंदें ॥ध्रु.॥
शांति क्षमा दया मी काय जाणें । गोविंद कीर्तनेंवांचूनियां ॥2॥
कासया उदास असों देहावरी । अमृतसागरीं बुडोनियां ॥3॥
कासया एकांत सेवूं तया वना । आनंद तो जनामाजी असे ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे आह्मां ऐसा भरवसा । विठ्ठल सरसा चालतसे ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
What do I know of rituals and methods? I know only the one Name of Vithoba. Let us dance joyfully in the company of Vaishnavas, with cymbals and celebration. What do I know of peace, forgiveness, or compassion, apart from the kirtan of Govinda? Why should I sit in renunciation upon this body when I am immersed in an ocean of nectar? Why should I seek solitude in the forest when bliss itself resides among the people? Says Tuka, we have this firm confidence: Vitthal walks alongside us.
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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