Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 148

I will extol Kegava, Mukunda, Murari, Rama,
Krishna, mighty names that annihilate all
guilt. O Life at once and Death of the world, who
art at once the Dwarf and the Universe of manifold
glory; O container of good and evil, slayer of
Madhu; thou who severest mortal ties, who bearest
the disc and the mace, strong hero that didst over-
throw the demons! O warrior that wearest the
jewelled crown, O generous master that givest
the world to men, O image of Madana, entrancing
the spirit, in whom the cowherds and the dam-
sels delighted. O Kanha, master of dramatic skill,
endowed with every perfection, possessed of every
attribute, beyond all attributes, who beholdest
and knowest all things; thou who hast created the
sun and other lights, yet dost allow no sense of
pride to approach Thee, how can I serve this God?
What little can I offer Him? Without faith he
cannot be comprehended. Tuka suffers not his
soul to quit his feet.

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents