Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
राजे लोक सब कहे तूं आपना । जब काल नहीं पाया ठाना ॥1॥
माया मिथ्या मनका सब धंदा । तजो अभिमान भजो गोविंदा ॥2॥
राना रंग डोंगरकी राइऩ । कहे तुका करे इलाहि ॥3॥
काहे रोवे आगले मरना । गंव्हार तूं भुला आपना ॥ध्रु.॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Kings and all people call everything their own. When death comes, nothing remains to stand on. All the mind's busyness, all worldly illusion, is false. Abandon pride and worship Govinda. The Rana's splendor, the queen of the mountains. Says Tuka, all of it is God's doing alone. Why do you weep over what must always pass? O foolish one, you have forgotten your own self.
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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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