Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
कथे बैसोनि सादरें । सुखचर्चा परस्परें । नवल काय तो उद्धरे । आणीक तरे सुगंधें ॥1॥
पुण्य घेइप रे फुकाचें । पाप दुष्टवासनेचें । पेरिल्या बीजाचें । फळ घेइप शेवटीं ॥ध्रु.॥
कथा विरस पाडी आळसें । छळणा करूनि मोडी रस । बुडवी आपणासरिसें। विटाळसें नावेसी ॥2॥
सज्जन चंदनाचिये परी । दुर्जन देशत्यागें दुरी । राहो ह्मणे हरि । विनंती करी तुका हे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Sitting attentively at a discourse, sharing the joy together, it is no surprise that one is uplifted; even others are carried across by its fragrance. Take this free merit and abandon the sin of evil desire, for you will reap at last the fruit of whatever seed you sow. Laziness spoils the discourse, and malice kills its sweetness; like a polluting passenger in a boat, one drags others down with oneself. Says Tuka, let the good remain like sandalwood; let the wicked be sent far away. This is my humble prayer to Hari.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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