Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
पिकवावें धन । ज्याची आस करी जन ॥1॥
पुरोनि उरे खातां देतां । नव्हे खंडन मवितां ॥ध्रु.॥
खोलीं पडे ओली बीज। तरीं च हाता लागे निज ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे धणी । विठ्ठल अक्षरें या तिन्ही ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Cultivate the wealth that everyone longs for, wealth that remains abundant no matter how much is given or spent, that never diminishes or decays. When a seed falls into moist earth, only then does the true harvest come to hand. Says Tuka, the master of all this is Vitthal, contained in those three sacred syllables.
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Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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