Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
पंचभूतांचा गोंधळ । केला एकेठायीं मेळ । लाविला सबळ । अहंकार त्यापाठीं ॥1॥
तेथें काय मी तें माझें । कोण वागवी हें ओझें । देहा केवीं रिझे । हें काळाचें भातुकें ॥ध्रु.॥
जीव न देखे मरण । धरी नवी सांडी जीर्ण । संचित प्रमाण । भोगा शुभा अशुभा ॥2॥
इच्छा वाढवी ते वेल । खुंटावा तो खरा बोल । तुका ह्मणे मोल । झाकलें तें पावेल ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The five elements have been gathered in tumult, thrown together in one place. Behind them, a powerful ahamkar has been set. What is "I" or "mine" in all this? Who carries this burden? Why should one delight in a body that is merely time's plaything? The jiva does not see death. It sheds the worn and takes up the new. Accumulated karma is the measure: whether experience is auspicious or inauspicious. Desire keeps extending its vine. The true word is what cuts it at the root. Says Tuka, what lies hidden shall be attained.
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