Tukaram
Tukaram · Road to Pandharpur
A short abhang-style page on pilgrimage as inward travel.
Why return to it: The road to Pandharpur is geographical, but Tukaram also makes it a road through ego, fatigue, and longing.
Source note: Included as an open-source-friendly reading page with short traditional text, transliteration, and an original plain-English poetic rendering for this site.
Original / source text
Tukaram · Road to Pandharpur
The feet walk toward Pandharpur; the heart walks toward the one who was already near.
English transliteration
Tukaram · Road to Pandharpur
Pandharpurī vāṭ, mana antarī jāge.
Poetic English rendering
Tukaram · Road to Pandharpur
The road rises under the feet, but the real journey opens inside. Each step remembers Vitthal waiting in the heart.