Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
लावुनियां गोठी । चुकवूं आदरिली दिठी । देउनियां मिठी । पळे महिमा थुलिया ॥1॥
पुढें तो चि करी आड । तिचा लोभ तिसी नाड । लावुनि चरफड । हात गोऊनि पळावें ॥ध्रु.॥
आधीं काकुलती । मोहो घालावा पुढती । तोंडीं पडे माती । फिरतां मागें कैचा तो ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे देवा । यासी रडवी याचा हेवा । भावें कां हे सेवा । सुखें तुह्मां नापिऩती ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Maya lures with sweet talk and steals away one's gaze. Offering an embrace, she flees with all one's glory. She sets herself as an obstacle, binding those who desire her with longing, causing anguish, then slipping away. First she comes pleading, casting her spell of delusion; but when you turn back, she is nowhere to be found. Says Tuka, O Lord, this is the envy that makes her torment souls. Why does this service not please You through sincere devotion?.
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