Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
नाहीं देवापाशीं मोक्षाचे गांठोळें । आणूनि निराळें द्यावें हातीं ॥1॥
इंिद्रयांचा जय साधुनियां मन । निविऩषय कारण असे तेथें ॥ध्रु.॥
उपास पारणीं अक्षरांची आटी । सत्कर्मां शेवटीं असे फळ ॥2॥
आदरें संकल्प वारीं अतिशय । सहज तें काय दुःख जाण ॥3॥
स्वप्नींच्या घायें विळवसी वांयां । रडे रडतियासवें मिथ्या ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे फळ आहे मूळापाशीं । शरण देवासीं जाय वेगीं ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
God does not keep bundles of liberation in a separate storeroom to hand over to you. When the senses are conquered and the mind is purified, the state of desirelessness is found right there. Fasting, feasting, and the toil of recitation bear fruit only through righteous action. Beware of excess in resolve and desire; know that whatever comes naturally is not suffering. Why waste yourself grieving over wounds received in a dream, or weeping alongside another's tears that are all illusion? Says Tuka, the fruit lies at the root. Go quickly, take refuge in God.
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