Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
संतांचीं उच्छिष्टें बोलतों उत्तरें । काय म्यां गव्हारें जाणावें हें ॥1॥
विठ्ठलाचे नाम घेता नये शुद्ध । तेथें मज बोध काय कळे ॥ध्रु.॥
करितो कवतुक बोबडा उत्तरी । झणी मजवरि कोप धरा ॥2॥
काय माझी याति नेणां हा विचार । काय मी तें फार बोलों नेणें ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे मज बोलवितो देव । अर्थ गुहए भाव तो चि जाणे ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I speak only the leftovers of the saints; what should a fool like me know on my own? I cannot even pronounce the Name of Vitthal properly; how then would I understand any deep teaching? I play with these words like a child lisping. Please do not be angry with me. You know my caste and my standing; do you think I can say very much? Says Tuka, it is God who makes me speak. He alone knows the meaning, the secret, and the feeling.
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