Tukaram Gatha Abhanga 606 - Aamhee shaktiheene, kaise karaal

Marathi Text

आम्ही शक्तिहीनें । कैसें कराल तें नेणें । लिगाडाच्या गुणें । खोळंबला राहिलों ॥१॥

माझें मज देई देवा । असे ठेविला तो ठेवा । नाहीं करीत हेवा । कांहीं अधिक आगळा ॥२॥

नाहीं गळां पडलों झोंड । तुमचें तेंचि माझें तोंड । चौघां चार खंड । लांबणी हे अनुचित ॥३॥

नाहीं येत बळा । आतां तुम्हांसी गोपाळा । तुका म्हणे गळा । उगवा पायां लागतों ॥४॥

Roman Text

1. Aamhee shaktiheene, kaise karaal te nene, Ligaadaachya gune, kholambala raahilo

2. Maaze maj dei deva, ase thevila to theve, Naahee karit heva, kaahee adheek aagala

3. Naahee gala padalo zond, tumache techi maaze tond, Chaugha chaar khand, laambanee he anuchit

4. Naahee yet bala, aata tumhaasee Gopala, Tuka mhane gala, ugava paaya laagato.

Translation

1. Oh God! I am weak. I don't know how You are going to bless me (and manifest Thyself to me). You are habituated to keeping people pestering You like this. That's why I have been made to wait for long like this.

2. Oh God! Please return my own precious possession (my Self Realization) to me; that's the one which I had kept with You. I am not greedy for anything more than that.

3. It's not that I have fallen in Your neck, without any prior connection with You. I will speak the same thing that You speak. Why don't You call a couple of people to judge and tell them to resolve this matter, once and for all? It's not good to keep this matter lingering for long.

4. Tuka says, Oh Lord Gopal! I am not trying to force You. I am resting my head at Your feet and requesting You to set me free from the binding to this mortal existence.

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