Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
बीज पेरे सेतीं । मग गाडेवरी वाहाती ॥1॥
वांयां गेलें ऐसें दिसे । लाभ त्याचे अंगीं वसे ॥ध्रु.॥
पाल्याची जतन । तरि प्रांतीं येती कण ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे आळा । उदक देतां लाभे फळा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A seed is sown in the field, and then the harvest is carried away in carts. It seems as though the seed was lost, yet the profit dwells within it. If the crop is tended carefully, grain will come at the harvest. Says Tuka, when you water the plant with care, the fruit is your reward.
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