Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
निवडावें खडे । तरी दळण वोजें घडे ॥1॥
नाहीं तरि नासोनि जाय । कारण आळस उरे हाय ॥ध्रु.॥
निवडावें तन। सेतीं करावें राखण ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे नीत । न विचारितां नव्हे हित॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
If you remove the pebbles, the grinding will proceed properly. Otherwise, everything is spoiled; laziness is the cause, and regret is all that remains. You must weed the field and guard the crop. Says Tuka, without careful thought, no true good can come.
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