Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
हालवूनि खुंट । आधीं करावा बळकट ॥1॥
मग तयाच्या आधारें । करणें अवघें चि बरें ॥ध्रु.॥
सुख दुःख साहे । हर्षामषाअ भंगा नये ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे जीवें । आधीं मरोनि राहावें॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Shake the post first to test it and make it firm. Then, relying on that support, everything else will go well. It must bear both joy and sorrow without breaking under elation or anger. Says Tuka, one must first die to oneself, and only then live.
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