Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
नाहीं विचारीत । मेघ हागनदारी सेत ॥1॥
नये पाहों त्याचा अंत । ठेवीं कारणापें चित्त ॥ध्रु.॥
वर्जीत गंगा । नाहीं उत्तम अधम जगा ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे मळ । नाहीं अग्नीसी विटाळ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The rain cloud does not choose where it falls, whether on a field or a wasteland. One should not try to fathom its intent but keep the mind on the purpose at hand. The Ganga does not refuse anyone, high or low, in all the world. Says Tuka, fire knows no pollution; it purifies everything.
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Worldly Metaphors
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