Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आपुलें वेचूनि खोडा घाली पाव । ऐसे जया भाव हीनबुिद्ध तो ॥1॥
विषयांच्या संगें आयुष्याचा नास । पडियेलें ओस स्वहितांचे ॥ध्रु.॥
भुलल्यांचें अंग आपण्या पारिखें । छंदा च सारिखें वर्ततसे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे दुःख उमटे परिणामीं । लंपटासी कामीं रतलिया ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He who spends his own capital to shackle his own feet, such a person is of low intellect. In the company of sense pleasures the lifespan is wasted, and one's own welfare lies barren. The body of one who is deluded becomes a stranger to himself; it moves only at the bidding of desire. Says Tuka, suffering blossoms at the end for one who remains lost in sensual indulgence.
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