Saint Tukaram Gatha Translation

Gatha Abhang 1122 - Maazee sarv chinta
माझी सर्व चिंता आहे विठोबासी । मी त्याच्या पायाशी न विसंबे ॥१॥
विसरेना रूप क्षण एक चित्तीं । जिवलग मूर्ती सांवळी ते ॥२॥
विसरतां हरी क्षण एक घडी । अंतरेल जोडी लक्षलाभ ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे माझ्या विठोबाचे पाय । संजीवनी आहे हृदयामाजी ॥४॥

IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) style Roman Script
mājhī sarva chintā āhē viṭhōbāsī |
mī tyāchyā pāyāśī na visambē ||1||
visarēnā rūp kṣaṇ ek chittīn |
jivalag mūrtī sāṃvaḷī tē ||2||
visaratān harī kṣaṇ ek ghaḍī |
antarēla jōḍī lakṣalābh ||3||
tukā mhaṇē mājhyā viṭhōbāchē pāy |
sanjīvanī āhē hṛdayāmājī ||4||

Translation
1. My well-being is a concern for Vithoba. I will never forget His feet.
2. In my heart is His form, which I will not forget for a moment, because the dark-complexioned idol of that Vithoba is the life of my soul.
3. If I forget Hari for a moment, millions of benefits will be lost.
4. Tuka says: The feet of my Vithoba are like a life-giving force in my heart. If those feet were not in my heart, I would not be able to live.
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Gatha Abhang 1121 - Chiragute ghaalooni vaadhavile
चिरगुटें घालूनि वाढविलें पोट । गर्‍हवार बोभाट जनामध्यें ॥१॥
लटकेचि डोहळे दाखवी प्रकार । दुध स्तनीं पोर पोटीं नाहीं ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे अंतीं वांझ तेचि खरी । फजिती दुसरी जनामध्यें ॥३॥

IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) style Roman Script
chiraguṭēṃ ghālūni vāḍhavilēṃ pōṭ |
garhavar bōbhāṭ janāmadhyēṃ ||1||
laṭakēchi ḍōhaḷē dākhavī prakār |
dudh stanīṃ pōr pōṭīṃ nāhīn ||2||
tukā mhaṇē aṃtīṃ vāñjh tēchi kharī |
phajitī dusarī janāmadhyēṃ ||3||

Translation
1. A woman folded pieces of cloth around her waist to make it look like her stomach had grown, so that people would think she was pregnant.
2. Not only that, she even pretended to have pregnancy cravings, but in reality there was no baby in her womb and no milk in her breasts.
3. Tuka says: In the end, when she did not give birth, everyone realized that she was truly barren. Moreover, she became a laughing stock in front of others. (Just as in this story, a person should never put on false pretences or claim what is not true.)
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3. DIVINE VERSES: ABHANG GATHA Volume 3 (Abhang 601 to 900)
4. DIVINE VERSES: ABHANG GATHA Volume 4 (Abhang 901 to 1200)
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Gatha Abhang 1120 - Saakharechee gonee bailaachiya
साखरेची गोणी बैलाचिया पाठी । तयासी शेवटीं करबाडें ॥१॥
मालाचे पैं पेटे वाहाताती उंटें । तयालागीं कांटे भक्षावया ॥२॥
वाउगा हा धंदा आशा वाढविती । बांधोनियां देती यमाहातीं ॥३॥
ज्यासी असे लाभ तोचि जाणे गोडी । येर तीं बापुडीं सिणलीं वांयां ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे शहाणा होई रे गव्हारा । चौऱ्यासीचा फेरा फिरों नको ॥५॥

IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) style Roman Script
sākharechī gōṇī bailāchiyā pāṭhī |
tayāsī śēvaṭīn karabāḍēn ||1||
mālāchē pain pēṭē vāhātātī uṇṭēn |
tayālāgīn kāṇṭē bhakṣāvayā ||2||
vāugā hā dhandā āśā vāḍhavitī |
bāndhōniyān dētī yamāhātīn ||3||
jyāsī asē lābh tōchi jāṇē gōḍī |
yēr tīn bāpuḍīn siṇalīn vānyān ||4||
tukā mhaṇē śahāṇā hōī rē gavhārā |
chauryāsīchā phērā phirōn nakō ||5||

Translation
1. Sacks of sugar are on the bull's back, but the bull doesn't get to eat the sugar; in the end, it only gets to eat fodder.
2. A camel carries valuable goods in boxes on its back, but it doesn't benefit from those goods. It only gets thorns to eat.
3. In the same way, people carry the burden of supporting their wives and children, increasing their desire for wealth and their business efforts in vain. But in the end, their own wives, children, and others hand them over to Yama - the god of death.
4. Only those who have tasted sugar know its sweetness, but the poor bull or camel, who merely carry the load, tire themselves out for nothing. Similarly, some people in worldly life work hard to earn money and other things, but those who earned them don't get to enjoy them; someone else benefits from it, and they are left with only the futile exhaustion of earning and protecting that wealth.
5. Tuka says: Oh fool, become wise. Don't go through the cycle of eighty-four lakh births (referring to reincarnation) due to foolishness.
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Gatha Abhang 1119 - Taruvar beeja potee
तरुवर बीजा पोटीं । बीज तरुवरा शेवटीं ॥१॥
तैसें तुम्हां आम्हां जालें । एकीं एक सामावलें ॥२॥
उदकावरील तरंग । तरंग उदकाचें अंग ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे बिंबछाया । ठायीं पावली विलया॥४॥
IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) style Roman Script
taruvar bījā pōṭīn | bīj taruvarā śēvaṭīn ||1||
taisēn tumhān āmhān jālē | ekīn ek sāmāvalēn ||2||
udakāvarīl taraṅg | taraṅg udakāchēṃ aṅg ||3||
tukā mhaṇē bimba-chhāyā | ṭhāyīn pāvalī vilayā ||4||
Translation
1. A tree is born from a seed, and at the end of the tree, or from the tree itself, a seed is born.
2. Similarly, God, my functional existence (my being as a created entity) was born from Your causal existence (Your being as the Creator). And at the time of dissolution (pralaya), my existence merges back into Yours. When we consider the true nature, we both are completely merged into each other.
3. Just as waves that appear on water are essentially the nature of the water itself, we both are like waves on pure Brahman (the ultimate reality). Therefore, we both are of the nature of Brahman.
4. Tuka says: Just as when a mirror is removed, both the quality of being an original image and the quality of being a reflection disappear into one face, similarly, the qualities of being an individual soul (Jiva) and being God (Ishvara) disappear into pure Brahman as soon as ignorance (avidya) is destroyed.
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Gatha Abhang 1118 – Durbudahahi te mana
दुर्बुद्धहि ते मना । कदा नुपजो नारायणा ॥१॥
आतां मज ऐसें करीं । तुझे पाय चित्तीं धरीं ॥२॥
उपजला भावो । तुझे कृपे सिद्धी जावो ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे आतां । लाभ नाहीं यापरता ॥४॥
IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) style Roman Script
durbuddhīhi tē manā |
kadā nupajō nārāyaṇā ||1||
ātā maja aisē karī |
tujhē pāya chittī dharī ||2||
upajalā bhāva |
tujhē kṛpē siddhī jāvō ||3||
tukā mhaṇē ātā |
lābha nāhī yāparatā ||4||
Translation
1. Lord Narayana, I wish that no evil desires arise in my mind.
2. So now, please enable me to keep Your feet firmly in my thoughts.
3. Lord Narayana, the affection I have developed for you, may it, by your grace, reach its fulfilment.
4. Tuka says: There is no greater gain than this now.
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Gatha Abhang 1117 – Raaulaasee jaata traas
राउळासी जातां त्रास मानी मोठा । बैसे चोहोटां आदरेशीं ॥१॥
न करी स्नान संध्या न म्हणे रामराम । गुरुगुडीचे प्रेम अहर्नीशी ॥२॥
देवाब्राम्हणासी जाईना शरण । दासीचे चरण वंदी भावें ॥३॥
सुगंध चंदन सांडोनियां माशी । बैसतो दुर्गंधीशीं अत्याआदरें ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे अरे ऐक भाग्यहीन । कां रे रामराणा विसरसी ॥५॥
IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) style Roman Script
rāuḷāsī jātān trāsa mānī mōṭhā |
baisē chōhōṭān ādarēśī ||1||
na karī snāna sandhyā na mhaṇē rāmarām |
guruguḍīchē prēma aharnīśī ||2||
dēvābrāhmaṇāsī jāīnā śaraṇa |
dāsīchē charaṇa vandī bhāvēn ||3||
sugandha chandana sāṇḍōniyān māśī |
baisatō durgandhīśī atyāādarēn ||4||
tukā mhaṇē arē aik bhāgyahīn |
kān rē rāmarāṇā visarasi ||5||
Translation
1. He feels very lazy about going to the temple to see God; but loves sitting in public places and criticizing people.
2. He never bathes or prays. He doesn't say 'Ram Ram'; but he really loves smoking a ho**ah or a bidi day and night.
3. He never surrenders to God or Brahmins; but if a servant girl gets upset, he lovingly falls at her feet to win her over.
4. Just as a fly leaves fragrant sandalwood and eagerly lands on smelly things, similarly, this bad person doesn't like what is good, but only likes what is bad.
5. Tuka says: O unlucky one, listen to me for a little while. Why have you forgotten Lord Rama for such small pleasures?
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Gatha Abhang 1116 – Saadhoochya darshana aajasee
साधूच्या दर्शना लाजसी गव्हारा । वेश्येचिया घरा पुष्पें नेसी ॥१॥
वेश्या दासी मुरळी जगाची वोंवळी । ते तुज सोंवळी वाटे कैशी ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे आतां लाज धरीं बुच्या । टांचराच्या कुच्या मारा वेगीं ॥३॥

IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) style Roman Script
sādhūchyā darśanā lājasī gavhārā | vēśyēchiyā gharā puṣpē nēsī ||1||
vēśyā dāsī muraḷī jagāchī vōnvaḷī | tē tuj sōnvaḷī vāṭē kaiśī ||2||
tukā mhaṇē ātā lāja dharī buchyā | ṭāncharāchyā kuchyā mārā vēgī ||3||

Translation
1. Hey you fool! You're ashamed to visit holy people, but you openly take flowers to a prostitute's house. Why don't you feel any shame then?
2. O Fool! Prostitutes, maids, and dancing girls are all seen as impure and bad in this world. How can you see them as good and pure?
3. Tuka says: O base and contemptible fellow, have some shame at least now.
Such a one should be driven away at once, kicked out swiftly with the tip of a shoe’s heel.
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Gatha Abhang 1115 – Gaayatree vikonee pot je jaalitee
गायत्री विकोनी पोट जे जाळिती । तया होय गति यमलोकीं ॥१॥
कन्येचा जे नर करिती विकरा । ते जाती अघोरा नरकपाता ॥२॥
नाम गाऊनियां द्रव्य जे मागती । नेणें तयां गति कैसी होय ॥३॥
कैसी होय गती तेच हो जाणती । आम्हासी संगती न लगे त्यांची ॥४॥
आमुचा सांगाती आहे तो श्रीहरी । न लगे दुराचारी तुका म्हणे ॥५॥

IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) style Roman Script
gāyatrī vikōnī pōṭ jē jāḷitī | tayā hōy gati yamalōkīṃ ||1||
kanyēchā jē nar karitī vikarā | tē jātī aghōrā narakapātā ||2||
nām gāūniyāṃ dravya jē māgatī | nēṇēṃ tayāṃ gati kaisī hōy ||3||
kaisī hōy gatī tēch hō jāṇatī | āmhāsī saṅgatī na lagē tyāñchī ||4||
āmuchā sāṅgātī āhē tō śrīharī | na lagē durāchārī tukā mhaṇē ||5||

Translation
1. People who make money by selling the Gayatri Mantra will go to hell.
2. Those who sell their own daughters will fall into a terrible hell.
3. People who ask for money by singing praises of God (Hari) and telling stories about him will end up in a very bad state; it's hard to even describe how bad.
4. Only they will know how bad their situation becomes. Others can't understand it. We don't want to be around such sinful people.
5. Tuka says: We always have Lord Shrihari with us. We don't want to be around wicked people.
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Happy to let you know:
I had Started the translation work on 27th June 2016. I had taken the TUKARAM ABHANG GATHA pothi compiled by Vai. HBP Gangukaka Shirwalkar which has 4092 abhang. I have completed the translation of 4092 abhang today, i.e. on 18th April 2026.
Total duration
3582 days.
God is Great. He has facilitated this. He is the Doer and I am the instrument. Thank you Lord Panduranga! I am very grateful to You. I loved this work. Thank you Jagadguru Tukaram Maharaj. You have given me literally an ocean of joy, filled with waves and waves of joy, right since 1982 when I first got ABHANG GATHA in my hands. I am indeed most grateful to you.
पुण्य फळलें बहुतां दिवसां । भाग्यउदयाचा ठसा ।
झालो सन्मुख तो कैसा । संतचरण पावलों ॥१॥
आजि फिटलें माझें कोडें । बहुत जन्मांचे सांकडें ।
कोंदाटलें पुढें । ब्रम्ह सावळें ॥२॥
आलिंगने संतांचिया । दिव्य जाली माझी काया ।
हेळे मस्तक हे पाया । वरी त्यांच्या ठेवितो ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे धन्य झालों । सुखें संतांचिया धालों ।
लोटांगणीं आलों । वैष्णव भार देखोनी ॥४॥
Translation
1. My many years of good deeds have finally borne fruit today, as I have been blessed with the opportunity to be in the presence of the holy feet of the saints.
2. My doubts have been cleared today, as the troubles of this world have come to an end. The dark colored Supreme Lord Krishna (who is Lord Vithoba) has filled my eyes, and He is now visible in all directions.
3. The saints have embraced me, and I placed my head at their feet. As a result of this, my body has become divine.
4. Tuka says, 'I am completely satisfied and blessed by the darshan of the saints. Therefore, seeing the community of Vaishnavas, I have prostrated myself.
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ज्ञानदेव तुकाराम
तुकाराम तुकाराम
बोला पुंडलिक वरदे हरी विठ्ठल
श्री ज्ञानदेव तुकाराम
पंढरीनाथ महाराज की जय
माऊली ज्ञानेश्वर महाराज की जय
जगद्गुरु संत श्रीतुकाराम महाराज की जय.

Gatha Abhang 1114 – Bramhadyaan jaree kale uthaauthee
ब्रम्हज्ञान जरी कळें उठाउठी । तरि कां हिंपुटी वेदशास्त्रें ॥१॥
शास्त्रांचे भांडण तप तीर्थाटन । पुरींचें भ्रमण याजसाठी ॥२॥
याजसाठी जप याजसाठी तप । व्यासें ही अमुप ग्रंथ केले ॥३॥
याजसाठी संतपाय हे सेवावे । तरीच तरावें तुका म्हणे ॥४॥

IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) style Roman Script
bramhajñān jarī kaḷē uṭhāuṭhī | tarī kā hīmpuṭī vēdashāstrē ||1||
śāstrānchē bhāṇḍaṇ tap tīrthāṭaṇ | purīnchē bhramaṇ yājasāṭhī ||2||
yājasāṭhī j*p yājasāṭhī tap | vyāsē hī amūp granth kēlē ||3||
yājasāṭhī santpāy hē sēvāvē | tarīch tarāvē tukā mhaṇē ||4||

Translation
1. If the knowledge of Brahman were to be grasped so easily and instantly, then why would the Vedas and Shastras have to labor so much over it?
2. The disputes of the scriptures, austerities, and pilgrimages to sacred places—all of this exists for that very purpose alone.
3. For that same purpose there is repetition of the Name and the practice of penance; even Vyasa composed those vast bodies of scripture for this very reason.
4. Tuka says: Therefore, one must serve the feet of the saints—only then can one cross over the ocean of worldly existence.
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Gatha Abhang 1113 - Uraa laavee ur
उरा लावी उर आळंगितां कांता । संतासी भेटतां अंग चोरी ॥१॥
अतीत देखोनि होय पाठीमोरा । व्याह्यासी सामोरा जाय वेगीं ॥२॥
द्वीजा नमस्कारा मनीं भाव कैचा । तुर्कांचे दासीचा लेंक होय ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे तुम्ही क्रोधासी न यावें । स्वभावा करावें काय कोणीं ॥४॥

IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) style Roman Script
urā lāvī ur āḷaṅgitāṃ kāntā | santāsī bhēṭatāṃ aṅg chorī ||1||
atīt dēkhōni hōy pāṭhīmōrā | vyāhyāsī sāmōrā jāy vēgīṃ ||2||
dvījā namaskārā manīṃ bhāv kaichā | turkāñchē dāsīchā lēṅk hōy ||3||
tukā mhaṇē tumhī krōdhāsī na yāvēṃ | svabhāvā karāvēṃ kāy kōṇīṃ ||4||

Translation
1. When he hugs his wife, he holds her close, chest to chest. But when he hugs a saint, he holds back.
2. He turns his back when he sees a guest. But when he hears his in-laws or son-in-law are coming, he runs to greet them.
3. How can he truly feel like bowing to Brahmins? Yet, to serve a Muslim maid, he acts as if he was born from her womb.
4. Tuka says: Please don't get angry at me for saying this. Your nature is to act badly. My nature is to speak out when I can't stand it. So, there's no changing either of our natures.
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Gatha Abhang 1112 – Devaachiya vastra swapnee
देवाचिया वस्त्रा स्वप्नीं ही नाठवी । स्त्रियेसी पाठवी उंच साडी ॥१॥
गाईचें पाळण नयेचि विचारा । अश्वासी खरारा करी अंगें ॥२॥
लेकराची … स्वयें धांवें क्षाळूं । न म्हणे प्रक्षाळूं द्विजपाय ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे त्याच्या तोंडावरी थुंका । जातो यमलोका भोगावया ॥४॥

IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) style Roman Script
devāchiyā vastrā svapnīn hī nāṭhavī | striyēsī pāṭhavī unch sāḍī ||1||
gāīchen pāḷaṇ nayechi vichārā | aśvāsī kharārā karī angen ||2||
lēkarāchī …. svayen dhānven kṣāḷūn | na mhaṇē prakṣāḷūn dvij*pāy ||3||
tukā mhaṇē tyāchyā tōṇḍāvarī thunkā | jātō yamalōkā bhōgāvayā ||4||

Translation
1. If God’s clothes are torn, they do not even think of repairing them, not even in their dreams; yet for their wife, they readily send costly saris.
2. They never give a thought to caring for a cow, but they carefully groom and tend their horse.
3. They rush to wash their child’s filth themselves, yet they would not even say, “Wash the feet of a Brahmin” (that is, show respect to a learned and holy person).
4. Tuka says: Spit upon the faces of such people—they are bound for the realm of Yama, there to suffer the fruits of their deeds.
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