Warning, burn the karma death feeds on
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
तुका ह्मणे काळा । कर्म मिळतें तें जाळा ॥5॥ ॥1॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Says Tuka, whatever karma aligns with death, burn it all.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
In Plain Words
Tuka says: whatever karma feeds death, burn it all.
What it means
This short line answers the warning that came before it. If death keeps its grip through our actions, then the remedy is to destroy the actions that strengthen it. Tukaram says to burn that karma rather than carry it. The fire here is the resolve to cut off the deeds that bind us to dying again, leaving nothing for death to claim.
Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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