Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
निवडोनि वाण काढिले निराळे । प्रमाण डोहळे यावरि ते ॥1॥
जयाचा विभाग तयासी च फळे । देखणें निराळें कौतुकासी ॥ध्रु.॥
शूर तो ओळखे घायडायहात । येरां होइल मात सांगायासी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे माझी केळवते वाणी । केला निजस्थानीं जाणवसा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The choice grain has been sorted and set apart; let their longings be the final measure. Each one's share bears fruit for that one alone; to watch it unfold is a separate wonder. The warrior recognizes the blow and the hand that delivers it, while for the rest it becomes merely a tale to tell. Says Tuka, my speech now beckons with refinement. Awareness of the abode within has been established.
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