Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
सारावीं लिगाडें धरावा सुपंथ । जावें उसंतीत हळूहळू ॥1॥
पुढें जातियाचे उमटले माग । भांबावलें जग आडरानें ॥ध्रु.॥
वेचल्याचा पाहे वरावरि झाडा । बळाचा निधडा पुढिलिया ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे जैसी दाखवावी वाणी । ते द्यावी भरोनी शेवट तों ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Settle your accounts, choose the right path, and proceed slowly and steadily. The tracks of those who went ahead are visible; the world has lost its way in the wilderness. Check the balance of what has been spent along the way; be bold on behalf of those who went before. Says Tuka, whatever promise your tongue has spoken, honor it through to the very end.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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