Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
प्रीति करी सत्ता । बाळा भीती मातापिता ॥1॥
काय चाले त्याशीं बळ । आळी करितां कोल्हाळ ॥ध्रु.॥
पदरीं घाली मिठी । खेदी मागें पुढें लोटी ॥2॥
बोले मना आलें । तुका साहिला विठ्ठलें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Love grants authority; even the mother and father yield to the child's affection. What force can prevail against a child who clamors and wails? The child seizes the mother's garment, tugs at her, pushes from behind and in front. He speaks whatever comes to his mind. Says Tuka, Vitthal has endured it all.
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