Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
देव घ्या कोणी देव घ्या कोणी । आइता आला घर पुसोनी ॥1॥
देव न लगे देव न लगे । सांटवणेचे रुधले जागे ॥ध्रु.॥
देव मंदला देव मंदला । भाव बुडाला काय करूं ॥2॥
देव घ्या फुका देव घ्या फुका । न लगे रुका मोल कांहीं ॥3॥
दुबळा तुका भावेंविणें । उधारा देव घेतला रुणें ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Will someone take God? Will someone take God? He has come asking after the house, inquiring at every door. No one wants God, no one wants God. All the storage places are already full. God has gone slack, God has gone slack. Bhava has drowned. What shall I do? Take God for free, take God for free. No coin, no price is needed. Says Tuka the feeble, without bhava, I have taken God on debt.
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