Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
घोंगडियास घातली मिठी । न सोडी साटी केली जीवें ॥1॥
हा गे चोर धरा धांवा कोणी । घरांत राहाटे चहूं कोणी ॥ध्रु.॥
नोळखवे म्यां धरिला हातीं । देहएादिप माय लाविली वाती ॥2॥
न पावे धांवणें मारितो हाका । जनाचारीं तुका नागवला ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I have clutched the blanket tight and will not release it; I have staked my life on this. Here is the thief, catch Him, someone run! He wanders through the four corners of the house. I hold Him in my very hands, yet He cannot be recognized. My mother lit the lamp of this body. My cries bring no rescue; I call out and call out. Says Tuka, in this worldly game, I have been stripped bare.
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Worldly Metaphors
Poems using images from games, occupations, and daily life as spiritual teaching.
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