Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
महुरा ऐसीं फळें नाहीं । आलीं कांहीं गळती ॥1॥
पक्वदशे येती थोडीं । नास आढी वेचे तो ॥ध्रु.॥
विरुळा पावे विरुळा पावे । अवघड गोवे सेवटाचे ॥2॥
उंच निंच परिवार देवी। धन्या ठावी चाकरी ॥3॥
झळके तेथें पावे आणी । ऐसे क्षणी बहु थोडे ॥4॥
पावेल तो पैल थडी । ह्मणों गडी आपुला ॥5॥
तुका ह्मणे उभायानें । कोण खरें मानितसे ॥6॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Fruits like the mahua are rare to find; some fall before they ripen. Few reach full maturity, and most are lost along the way. Only the rare one attains the goal; the final obstacles are the hardest. High and low servants serve their master, and the master knows their service well. Only a few reach the flash of grace in that instant. Whoever crosses to the far shore, we may call our true companion. Says Tuka, who among them truly believes in both sides of the journey?
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