Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
पोट लागलें पाठीशीं । हिंडवितें देशोदेशीं ॥1॥
पोटाभेणें जिकडे जावें । तिकडे पोट येतें सवें ॥ध्रु.॥
जप तप अनुष्ठान। पोटासाटीं जाले दीन ॥2॥
पोटें सांडियेली चवी । नीचापुढें तें नाचवी ॥3॥
पोट काशियानें भरे । तुका ह्मणे झुरझुरूं मरे ॥4॥
आरत्या ॥ 13 ॥
जगदेश जगदेश तुज ह्मणती । परि या जनामाजी असशील युिH ।
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The belly clings to the back with hunger, driving one to wander from land to land. Wherever one goes out of fear of the belly, the belly comes right along. Prayer, penance, and ritual observance all become servants of the belly. The belly has cast aside all dignity; it makes a person dance before the lowly. Says Tuka, what can ever truly fill this belly? It simply wastes away, trembling unto death.
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