Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
तडामोडी करा । परि उत्तम तें भरा ॥1॥
जेणें खंडे एके खेपे । जाय तेथें लाभें वोपे ॥ध्रु.॥
दाविल्या सारिखें । मागें नसावें पारिखें ॥2॥
मागें पुढें ॠण । तुका ह्मणे फिटे हीण ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Make whatever compromises you must, but fill your vessel with what is truly excellent. Seek out that which settles the account in a single journey, where the profit exceeds the cost. What is shown on the surface should not be different from what lies behind. Says Tuka, in this way the debt of past and future lives is wiped clean.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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