Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
फळ देंठींहून झडे । मग मागुतें न जोडे ॥1॥
ह्मणोनि तांतडी खोटी । कारण उचिताचे पोटीं ॥ध्रु.॥
पुढें चढे हात। त्याग मागिलां उचित ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे रणीं । नये पाहों परतोनि ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Once a fruit falls from its stem, it cannot be joined back again. Therefore haste is folly; the real cause lies in proper ripening. As the hand reaches forward, the letting go of what is behind becomes natural. Says Tuka, once you have entered the battlefield, do not look back.
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