Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
निष्ठ तो दिसे निराकारपणें । कोंवळा सगुणें प्रतिपाळी॥1॥
केला च करावा केला कइवाड । होइऩल तें गोड न परेते ॥ध्रु.॥
मथिलिया लागे नवनीत हातां । नासे वितिळतां आहाच तें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे आतां मनाशीं विचार । करावा तो सार एकचित्त ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The formless appears stern in its impersonal aspect, but the One with form tenderly nurtures through gracious qualities. The effort already made must be continued and carried through; what is sweet cannot be abandoned. When milk is churned, butter comes to hand, but if melted carelessly it simply dissolves. Says Tuka, now deliberate with the mind and fix upon the essence with single-pointed attention.
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