Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
भले लोक तुज बहु मानवती । वाढेल या कीतिऩ जगामाजी ॥1॥
ह्मणे मेलीं गुरें भांडीं नेलीं चोरें । नाहींत लेंकुरें जालीं मज ॥ध्रु.॥
आस निरसूनि कठिण हें मन । करीं वो समान वज्र तैसें ॥2॥
किंचित हें सुख टाकीं वो थुंकोनि । पावसील धनी परमानंद ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे थोर चुकती सायास । भवबंद पाश तुटोनियां ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Good people will honor you greatly; your fame will grow in the world. You will say: the cattle are gone, the vessels were stolen by thieves, and I have no children to show for it. Cast away desire and harden your resolve like a thunderbolt. Spit out this petty happiness, and you will gain the supreme joy. Says Tuka, you will be freed from great toil, for the bonds of worldly existence will be cut.
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Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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