Exhortation, the wasted chance
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
तुका ह्मणे कां मानिती सुख । चुकलिया वांयां खंती ॥3॥ ॥1॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Says Tuka, why do people embrace this happiness, when missing the real chance leads only to regret?
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
In Plain Words
Tuka says: why do people take this for happiness, when missing the real chance leaves only regret?
What it means
This brief warning asks why people settle for a shallow pleasure and call it happiness. Tukaram names the cost they overlook: the real opportunity slips by while they are content with less. What remains afterward is only regret, when the moment that mattered cannot be taken back. It is a quiet push to weigh what we are calling happiness against what we are letting go.
Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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