Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
असो खळ ऐसे फार । आह्मां त्यांचे उपकार ॥1॥
करिती पातकांची धुनी । मोल न घेतां साबनीं ॥ध्रु.॥
फुकाचे मजुर। ओझें वागविती भार ॥2॥
पार उतरुन ह्मणे तुका । आह्मां आपण जाती नरका ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Let there be as many wicked people as there are; we owe them a debt of gratitude. They scrub away our sins like washermen who charge no fee for the soap. They are unpaid laborers who carry our heavy loads upon their own backs. Says Tuka, they ferry us across to the far shore and then proceed to hell themselves.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
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