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गाथा 948The Necessity of Experience

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha

मराठी मूळ

निर्गुणाचे घ्यावें गुणासी दर्शन । एकाएकीं भिन्न भेद घडे ॥1॥

तुह्मां आह्मां आतां न पडे यावरी । आहों तें चि बरी जेथें तेथें ॥ध्रु.॥

आपणापासुनी नसावें अंतर । वेचिलें उत्तर ह्मणउनि ॥2॥

तुका ह्मणे अंगा आली कठिन्यता । आमच्या अनंता तुह्मां ऐसी ॥3॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

To see the formless through form, to find difference within oneness: this is a paradox. Between You and me, let no distance fall henceforth. Let us remain as we are, wherever we are. There should be no gap between oneself and one's own nature. I have spent all my words for this reason. Says Tuka, a hardness has come into my being, O Ananta, making me as unyielding as You.

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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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