Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
कासया करावे तपाचे डोंगर । आणीक अपार दुःखरासी॥1॥
कासया फिरावे अनेक ते देश । दावितील आस पुढें लाभ ॥ध्रु.॥
कासया पुजावीं अनेक दैवतें । पोटभरे तेथें लाभ नाहीं ॥2॥
कासया करावे मुHीचे सायास । मिळे पंढरीस फुका साटीं ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे करीं कीर्तन पसारा । लाभ येइऩल घरा पाहिजे तो ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Why heap up mountains of penance and endless suffering? Why wander through countless lands, lured by promises of future gain? Why worship many deities when no real profit comes from them? Why struggle for liberation when it can be had freely at Pandhari? Says Tuka, spread the practice of kirtan, and every treasure you desire will come to your door.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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