Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
जेणें घडे नारायणीं अंतराय । होत बाप माय वर्जावीं तीं ॥१॥
येर प्रिया पुत्र धना कोण लेखा । करिती तीं दुःखा पात्र शत्रु ॥ध्रु.॥
प्रल्हादें जनक बिभीषणें बंधु । राज्य माता निंदु भरतें केली ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे सर्व धर्म हरिचे पाय । आणीक उपाय दुःखमूळ ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Whatever creates a barrier between you and Narayana must be shunned, even if it be your own father or mother. Beloved, children, wealth: these become the very vessels of enmity that make you a receptacle of sorrow. Prahlad renounced his father, Vibhishana his brother, and Bharata rejected the kingdom and condemned his own mother. Says Tuka, all dharma is Hari's feet; all other remedies are the root of suffering.
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Renunciation
The case for letting go of worldly attachments and turning wholly to God.
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