Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
बुद्धीचा पालट धरा रे कांहीं । मागुता नाहीं मनुष्यदेह ॥1॥
आपुल्या हिताचे नव्हती सायास । गृहदाराआसधनवित्त ॥ध्रु.॥
अवचितें निधान लागलें हें हातीं । भोगावी विपत्ती गर्भवास ॥2॥
यावें जावें पुढें ऐसें चि कारण । भोगावें पतन नरकवास ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे धरीं आठव या देहीं । नाहींतरि कांहीं बरें नव्हे ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Change your buddhi; hold fast to something. This human body will not come again. You make no effort for your own good, chasing home, family, and wealth. A treasure has fallen into your hands by chance. Otherwise you will suffer the calamity of the womb again. Coming and going endlessly, falling into the pit of hell: this is what awaits. Says Tuka, remember the Lord while you still have this body, or else nothing good will come of it.
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Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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