Tukaram Gatha Abhanga 8 - Pudhe gele tyancha shodhit marg - पुढें गेले त्यांचा शोधीत मारग

पुढें गेले त्यांचा शोधीत मारग | चला जाऊ माग घेत आम्ही ||१||

वंदू चरणरज सेवूं उष्टावळी | पूर्वकर्मा होळीं करूनियां ||२||

अमुप हें गांठीं बांधू भांडवल | अनाथा विठ्ठल आम्हा जोगा ||३||

अवघे होती लाभ एका या चिंतनें | नामसंकीर्तनें गोविंदाच्या ||४||

जन्ममरणाच्या खुंटतील खेपा | होईल हा सोपा सिद्ध पंथ ||५||

तुका म्हणे घालू जीवपणा चिरा | जाऊ त्या माहेर निजाचिया ||६||

English

1. Pudhe gele tyancha shodhit marg, chala jaau maag ghet amhi  

2. Vandoo charnaraj sevoo ushtavalee, poorvakarma holee karuniya

3. Amup he gathee bandhoo bhaandawal, anaatha Vitthal amhajoga

4. Awaghe hotee laabh eka ya chintane, naamsankirtane Govindachya

5. Janmmaranachya khuntateel khepa, hoil ha sopa siddha path

6. Tuka mhane ghaloo jeevpana cheera, jau tya mahera nijachiya

Translation

Tukaram maharaj is giving an assurance to the devotee that everyone who chants the Lord’s name will be freed from the reapeated journeys of life and death.

1. Let us find the path on which the enlightened devotee's have gone ahead of us and follow them.

2. Let us bow down at their feet (literally, the dust on their feet) and eat their leftover food. (This is an expression of humbleness and respect for the great ones. By saying that we will eat their leftover food, it is felt and conveyed that we will also be blessed become pious like them). We will burn all our past karmas.

3. We will make store this invaluable capital (of access to the feet of the great ones). For the unsheltered people like us, Lord Vitthal is our protector.

4. We get all good things by contemplation on Lord Govinda (Krishna) and by chanting His name.
   
5. This proven path will be easily beneficial to you. You will escape from the repeated journeys of life and death.

6. Tuka says, let us tear away the illusion that we are a jeeva (with a body that can die) and return to our real home (of oneness with God).

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