Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
करितां होया व्हावें चित्त चि नाहीं । घटापटा कांहीं करूं नये ॥1॥
मग हालत चि नाहीं जवळून । करावा तो सीण सीणवितो ॥ध्रु.॥
साहत चि नाहीं कांहीं पांकुळलें । उगल्या उगलें ढळत आहे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे तरी बोलावें झांकून । येथें खुणे खूण पुरतें चि ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
When the chitta is not in it, nothing can be accomplished; one should not force jars and pots to yield what they do not hold. Then nothing moves from where it is; every effort only adds to weariness. What is weak cannot withstand anything; even without cause, it totters and sways. Says Tuka, then one should speak with closed lips; here, only the subtle sign answers to the subtle sign.
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