Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
खुंटोनियां दोरी आपणियांपाशीं । वावडी आकाशीं मोकलिली ॥1॥
आपुलिया आहे मालासी जतन । गाहाणाचे ॠण बुडों नेणें ॥ध्रु.॥
बीज नेलें तेथें येइऩल अंकुर । जतन तें सार करा याची ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे माझी नििंश्चतीची सेवा । वेगळें नाहीं देवा उरों दिलें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Having tied the string securely to myself, I have sent the kite soaring into the sky. I keep careful watch over what is mine; a pledged debt never drowns. Wherever the seed is carried, there the sprout will appear; take care of this essence. Says Tuka, my service is offered with full assurance; I have not allowed anything to remain separate from God.
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