Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
सरे ऐसें ज्याचें दान । त्याचे कोण उपकार ॥1॥
नको वाढूं ऐसें काचें । दे वो साच विठ्ठला ॥ध्रु.॥
रडत मागें सांडी पोर । ते काय थोर माउली ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे कीतिऩ वाढे । धर्म गाढे ते ऐसे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
What good is a gift that runs out? What obligation does such a giver earn? O Vitthal, do not give me anything brittle; give me what is real. What kind of mother leaves her crying child behind on the road? Says Tuka, true righteousness is that which endures and whose glory only increases.
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