Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
नव्हती भेटी तों चि बरें । होतां चोरें नाडिलें ॥1॥
अवाघियांचा केला झाडा । रिता वाडा खोंकर ॥ध्रु.॥
चिंतनांचें मूळ चित्त । नेलें वित्त हरूनि ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे मूळा आलें । होतें केलें तैसें चि ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Before we met, all was well. But once the thief appeared, I was utterly robbed. Everything was swept clean; the house stands empty and hollow. The mind, which is the root of all contemplation, has been plundered of its wealth. Says Tuka, it has come full circle; what was done has returned to its origin.
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