Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
जीव जीती जीवना संगें । मत्स्या मरण त्या वियोगें॥1॥
जया चित्तीं जैसा भाव । तयां जविळ तैसा देव ॥ध्रु.॥
सकळां पाडीये भानु । परि त्या कमळाचें जीवनु ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे माता । वाहे तान्हे याची चिंता ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Fish live by the water; to be parted from it is their death. As the faith in one's chitta, so is God near to each. The sun shines equally upon all, yet it is the life of the lotus alone. Says Tuka, a mother bears the burden of worry for her nursing child.
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