Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
एकादशीस अन्न पान । जे नर करिती भोजन । श्वानविष्ठे समान । अधम जन तो एक ॥१॥
ऐका व्रताचें महिमान। नेमें आचरती जन । गाती ऐकतीं हरिकीर्तन । ते समान विष्णूशीं ॥ध्रु.॥
अशुद्ध विटाळसीचें खळ । विडा भिक्षतां तांबूल । सांपडे सबळ । काळाहातीं न सुटे ॥२॥
सेज बाज विलास भोग । करी कामिनीशीं संग । तया जोडे क्षयरोग । जन्मव्याधी बळिवंत ॥३॥
आपण न वजे हरिकीर्तना । अणिकां वारी जातां कोणा । त्याच्या पापें जाणा । ठेंगणा महा मेरु ॥४॥
तया दंडी यमदूत । जाले तयाचे अंकित । तुका म्हणे व्रत । एकादशी चुकलीया ॥५॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Those who eat food on Ekadashi are equal to dog's excrement, the lowest of people. But hear the glory of this sacred vow: those who observe it with discipline, who sing and listen to the praises of Hari, become equal to Vishnu himself. One who chews betel during the impure period falls into the grip of mighty Death and cannot escape. One who indulges in luxurious beds and the company of women invites a wasting disease that persists through lifetimes. One who neither goes to Hari's kirtan nor lets others go bears sins so heavy they would dwarf even Mount Meru. Says Tuka, Yama's servants punish such a one who has broken the vow of Ekadashi.
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