सुंदर तें ध्यान उभें विटेवरी। कर कटावरी ठेवूनियां॥१॥
तुळसीचे हार गळां कासे पीतांबर। आवडे निरंतर तें चि रूप॥ध्रु.॥
मकरकुंडलें तळपती श्रवणीं। कंठीं कौस्तुभमणि विराजित॥२॥
तुका म्हणे माझें हें चि सर्व सुख। पाहीन श्रीमुख आवडीनें॥३॥
Sundar te dhyan ubhe vitevari, kar katavari thevuniyan.
Tulasiche har galan kase pitambar, avade nirantar te chi rup.
Makarkundale talapati shravani, kanthi Kaustubhamani virajit.
Tuka mhane majhe he chi sarva sukh, pahin Shrimukh avadine.
Meaning
Beautiful is that form to meditate on, standing upon the brick with hands resting on the hips.
Garlands of tulsi round his neck, yellow silk at his waist: that form alone I love, always.
Fish-shaped earrings glitter at his ears, and the Kaustubha jewel shines at his throat.
Tuka says: this is all my happiness, that I gaze with love on his holy face.
About this bhajan
Abhang 2 of the Tukaram Gatha and the abhang every Varkari knows first. It is a dhyana of Vitthal exactly as he stands at Pandharpur: on the brick that Pundalik threw for him, hands on his hips, as he has stood waiting for twenty-eight yugas in the Varkari telling. The dhruvapada, “avade nirantar te chi rup”, is the refrain that the dindis sing as they walk to Pandharpur for Ashadhi Ekadashi.
Tukaram Gatha, abhang 2 (numbering as on Marathi Wikisource)