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Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram

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मुदल जतन जालें । मग लाभाचें काय आलें ॥1॥

घरीं देउनि अंतर गांठी । राख्या पारिख्यां न सुटे मिठी ॥ध्रु.॥

घाला पडे थोडें च वाटे । काम मैंदाचें च पेटे ॥2॥

तुका ह्मणे वरदळ खोटें । फांसे अंतरिंच्या कपटें ॥3॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

When the principal has been kept intact, what profit has actually come? One hands over the valuables at home and cannot free oneself from the grip of keepers and appraisers. Though the loss seems small, the fire of soft desire keeps smouldering. Says Tuka, the surface is counterfeit, and the deceit within lays its traps.

We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.

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