Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
इहलोकीं आह्मां भूषण अवकळा । भोपळा वाकळा आणि भिक्षा ॥1॥
निमोली संपदा भयविरहित । सर्वकाळ चित्त समाधान ॥ध्रु.॥
छिद्राचा आश्रम उंदीरकुळवाडी । धन नाम जोडी देवाचें तें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे एक सेवटीं राहाणें । वर्ततों या जना विरहित ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
In this world, shabbiness is our ornament: a gourd, a coarse blanket, and begging for alms. This is a wealth free of care and fear; the mind is content at all times. Our dwelling is full of holes, home to mice and rats. Our wealth is the Name of God and nothing else. Says Tuka, in the end we must dwell alone, moving through this world without attachment.
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