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मराठी मूळ
कार्य चि कारण । तृष्णा पावविते सीण ॥1॥
काय करुनि ऐसा संग । सोसें चि तूं पांडुरंग ॥ध्रु.॥
रूपीं नाहीं गोडी । हांवें हांवें ऊर फोडी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे पडे भारी । ऐशा वरदळाचे थोरी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Craving itself is the cause and the effect; thirst leads only to more exhaustion. Why, O Panduranga, do You keep company with such suffering? When there is no sweetness in the form, one only beats one's chest in vain. Says Tuka, the weight grows heavier, and that is the glory of this excess.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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