Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
कुळधर्म ज्ञान कुळधर्म साधन । कुळधर्में निधान हातीं चढे ॥1॥
कुळधर्म भिH कुळधर्म गति । कुळधर्म विश्रांति पाववील ॥ध्रु.॥
कुळधर्म दया कुळधर्म उपकार । कुळधर्म सार साधनाचें ॥2॥
कुळधर्म महkव कुळधर्म मान । कुळधर्म पावन परलोकींचें ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे कुळधर्म दावी देवीं देव । यथाविध भाव जरीं होय ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Family duty is knowledge; family duty is spiritual practice. Through family duty, the treasure comes into one's hands. Family duty is devotion; family duty is the path forward. Family duty will grant the ultimate repose. Family duty is compassion; family duty is service to others. Family duty is the very essence of all practice. Family duty is honor; family duty is respect. Family duty purifies one for the world beyond. Says Tuka, family duty reveals God in the divine, if one's inner disposition is true to the proper way.
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The Moral Ideal
Purity, sincerity, truthfulness, humility, peacefulness, and service.
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