Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आशा हे समूळ खाणोनि काडावी । तेव्हां चि गोसावी व्हावें तेणें ॥1॥
नाहीं तरी सुखें असावें संसारीं । फजिती दुसरी करूं नये ॥ध्रु.॥
आशा मारूनिया जयवंत व्हावें । तेव्हां चि निघावें सर्वांतूनि ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे जरीं योगाची तांतडी । आशेची बीबुडी करीं आधीं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Desire must be uprooted completely. Only then should one become a renunciant. Otherwise, stay happily in worldly life and do not add the disgrace of false renunciation. Kill desire and emerge victorious; only then step out from everything. Says Tuka, if you are in a hurry for yoga, first drown the seed of desire entirely.
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Renunciation
The case for letting go of worldly attachments and turning wholly to God.
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