Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
आंधळ्यासि जन अवघे चि आंधळे । आपणासि डोळे दृष्टी नाहीं ॥१॥
रोग्या विषतुल्य लागे हें मिष्टान्न । तोंडासि कारण चवी नाहीं ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे शुद्ध नाहीं जो आपण । तया त्रिभुवन अवघें खोटें ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
To a blind man, all the world appears blind, for he has no sight of his own. To the sick man, even a delicious meal tastes like poison, for his tongue has lost all flavor. Says Tuka, one who is not pure within will find all three worlds to be false.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
रूपक
Worldly Metaphors
Poems using images from games, occupations, and daily life as spiritual teaching.
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