Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
धनवंत एक बहिर अंधळे । शुभ्र कुष्ठ काळे भोग अंगीं ॥1॥
परारब्धगति न कळे विचित्र । आहे हातीं सूत्र विठोबाचे॥ध्रु.॥
आणीक रोगांचीं नांवें घेऊं किती । अखंड असती जडोनियां ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे नष्ट संचिताचें दान । पावे खातां पण सुख नेदी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Some rich men are deaf and blind; some bear white leprosy or dark afflictions upon their bodies. The ways of destiny are inscrutable and strange; the thread of it all is in Vitthal's hands. How many more diseases shall I name? They cling to people without end. Says Tuka, such is the gift of past karma; it gives one the means to enjoy, yet denies all happiness.
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