About Saint Tukaram Gatha Translation in Pune, Pune

I am translating an epic religious book of poetry called 'Tukaram Gatha' by a great Indian Saint Tukaram, from old, semi-forgotten Marathi language into English. I am translating one verse (abhanga) in one post and presenting it in a series on this page ‘Saint Tukaram Gatha Translation’. Each post gives the wordings of the verse in Devanagari script, Roman script and the English translation.
I am sure this will attract seekers of spiritual satisfaction, students and common men/women to ‘like’ the page. You can read, study, assimilate, appreciate and enjoy the complete Gatha, at a comfortable pace. It will not be an overdose!
Virtually every Indian knows Tukaram as one of the great saints of India and about his epic poetry called 'Tukaram Gatha' which contains 4092 verses, called abhangas in Marathi (and many other Indian languages). It is filled with sweet, undemanding love for God.
I am doing this with 4 intentions:
1.I simply love it! I love Saint Tukaram. Translating his poetry on God, from Marathi language into English has been my dream since last 12 years. I have already started on this activity 12 years ago in a small way. I am getting satisfaction all the way, enjoying every moment of it! My dream is getting fulfilled through the medium of Google!
2.Gatha is filled to brim with indescribable sweetness, the best of wisdom and crispness of language; so much so that every article written in Marathi, by any writer, invariably contains quotes of Saint Tukaram. I feel that the non Marathi speaking populations of the earth too deserve to drink from this fountain of elixir. So, I am doing it. God and Google will give me the strength to complete it successfully.
3.There are millions of students of Saint Literature, Philosophy, Spirituality and similar topics who need to study and understand Saint Tukaram. He is so great that any work in these fields will be incomplete without reading and assimilating what Tukaram wrote. These students will get this input from my English translation of Gatha.
4.It will spread Saint Tukaram’s message of pure, undemanding love for God and peace for humanity to millions. That will help in bringing peace and prosperity in this turmoil filled world. The world needs it. This will be biggest gain!
5.Those seeking God will find God! Gatha has that power!!
I would like to do this in the capacity of a sparrow of the great Jagadguru, the great Saint Tukaram, tweeting his wisdom and love to all so that they too may fall in love with the Lord. These verses (abhangas) are also being uploaded on YouTube in the form of one abhanga in one short video. Each video will be searchable by the title StTukaramSparrow. The first few words of the abhang and Abhang number can also be used for searching on YouTube.

Deepak Phadnis.

(The script of Gatha used for translation is by the late Gangukaka Shirwalkar. It is the official script used by the Dehu temple trust as the script for Religious Recitation (Parayan).

Another Activity: Facebook Page 'Read Good Books and Feel the Peace'.

Posting good quality reading books for buying and reading at leisure.
The idea is to spread the habit of reading good literature. It is the 'WORD' that has made man the wisest and the strongest!
The tradition must continue.

Link:
https://www.facebook.com/ReadGoodBooksFeelPeace/