Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
कवनका मंदर कवनकी झोपरी । एकारामबिन सब हि फुकरी ॥1॥
कवनकी काया कवनकी माया । एकरामबिन सब हि जाया ॥2॥
कहे तुका सब हि चेलhहार । एकारामविन नहिं वासार ॥3॥
काहे भुला धनसंपत्तीघोर । रामराम सुन गाउ हो बाप रे ॥ध्रु.॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Whose is the palace and whose the hut? Without Rama alone, everything is hollow. Whose is the body and whose the illusion? Without Rama alone, all is in vain. Says Tuka, all these are but a garland of passing things. Without Rama alone, not a single day has meaning. Why are you lost in the frenzy of wealth and possessions? Listen, O father, and sing Rama, Rama.
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Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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