Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
धर्माचे पाळण । करणें पाषांड खंडण ॥1॥
हें चि आह्मां करणें काम । बीज वाढवावें नाम ॥ध्रु.॥
तीक्षण उत्तरें । हातीं घेउनि बाण फिरें ॥2॥
नाहीं भीड भार । तुका ह्मणे साना थोर॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
To protect dharma and to destroy hypocrisy: this is our appointed task. The work given to us is to nurture and spread the name. Sharp words are the arrows we take in hand. Says Tuka, we show no deference to rank, whether small or great.
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