Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
कंथा प्रावर्ण । नव्हे भिक्षेचें तें अन्न ॥1॥
करीं यापरी स्वहित । विचारूनि धर्म नीत ॥ध्रु.॥
देऊळ नव्हे घर । प्रपंच परउपकार ॥2॥
विधिसेवन काम । नव्हे शब्द रामराम ॥3॥
हत्या क्षत्रधर्म । नव्हे निष्काम तें कर्म ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे संतीं । करूनि ठेविली आइती ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A patched blanket is not merely a garment; the food of alms is not ordinary food. Pursue your own good in this manner, weighing righteousness and duty. A temple is not a house; selfless action is not mere worldly business. Ritual performed out of desire is not the same as the words Rama, Rama. Killing in battle by a warrior's code is not the same as selfless action. Says Tuka, the saints have prepared all of this and laid it out ready for us.
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Renunciation
The case for letting go of worldly attachments and turning wholly to God.
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