Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
संचितावांचून । पंथ न चलवे कारण ॥1॥
कोरडी ते अवघी आटी । वांयां जाय लाळ घोंटीं ॥ध्रु.॥
धन वित्त जोडे । देव ऐसें तों न घडे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे आड । स्वहितासी बहु नाड ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Without accumulated merit, the path cannot be walked. Empty striving is all in vain; one merely swallows one's own spittle. Wealth and possessions can be earned, but God is not attained so easily. Says Tuka, what a great obstacle stands in the way of one's own good.
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