Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
माया मोहोजाळीं होतों सांपडलों । परि या विठ्ठला कृपा आली ॥1॥
काढूनि बाहेरि ठेविलों निराळा । कवतुक डोळां दाखविलें ॥ध्रु.॥
नाचे उडे माया करी कवतुक । नासिवंत सुखें साच केलीं ॥2॥
रडे काुंफ्दे दुःखें कुटितील माथा । एकासी रडतां तें ही मरे ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे मज वाटतें नवल । मी माझे बोल ऐकोनियां ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I was caught in the net of illusion, but Vitthal's grace descended upon me. He pulled me out and set me apart, letting me watch the spectacle with my own eyes. Illusion dances and performs its tricks, making perishable joys seem real. Some weep and beat their heads in grief. While mourning for one, the mourner also perishes. Says Tuka, wonder arises in me as I hear my own words.
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