Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आतां उघडीं डोळे । जरी अद्यापि न कळे ॥ तरी मातेचिये खोळे । दगड आला पोटासि ॥१॥
मनुष्यदेहा ऐसा निध । साधिली ते साधे सिद्ध ॥ करूनि प्रबोध । संत पार उतरले ॥ध्रु.॥
नाव चंद्रभागे तीरीं । उभी पुंडलीकाचे द्वारीं ॥ कट धरूनियां करीं । उभाउभी पालवी ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे फुकासाठीं । पायीं घातली या मिठी ॥ होतो उठाउठी । लवकरी च उतार ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Open your eyes now; if you still do not understand, then a stone came wrapped in your mother's membrane. A treasure like this human body can fulfill all attainments; the saints, having awakened, crossed to the other shore. The boat stands at the bank of the Chandrabhaga, at Pundalik's door; with hands on His hips, He calls out urgently: come! Says Tuka, for nothing at all, clasp His feet; the crossing happens instantly, right then and there.
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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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