Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2815

Pundalika is the Prince of devotees, he has achieved his aim, he has brought his own highest Brahma from Vaikuntha. Panduranga in the image of a child, along with the cows and cowherds, comes before us out of love and stands upright and unmoved. Truly this is another Vaikuntha, with one letter prefixed to it; men may talk of other places, but they are not like this. Within a circuit of ten miles round the place sin cannot enter; how then can there be any question of actions prescribed or forbidden? The Puranas affirm that the people there are gods with four hands. It rests on the holy wheel, so that no enemy can enter there throughout a whole age. Pandhari is great among holy places, its glory is unrivalled. Blessed, blessed, says Tuka, are the pilgrims that go there.

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