Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
सर्प विंचू दिसे । धन अभाग्या कोळसे ॥१॥
आला डोळ्यांसि कवळ । तेणें मळलें उजळ ॥ध्रु.॥
अंगाचे भोंवडी । भोय झाड फिरती धोंडी ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे नाड । पाप ठाके हिता आड ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
To the unlucky man, treasure appears as serpents, scorpions, and lumps of coal. A film has covered his eyes, and what was bright now seems smeared and dim. The ground, the trees, and the very stones seem to spin around his body. Says Tuka, ruin is the force that blocks the path to one's own good.
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Worldly Metaphors
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