Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
काळा च सारिखीं वाहाती क्षेत्रें । करितां दुसरें फळ नाहीं ॥1॥
ऐसें करत्यानें ठेविलें करून । भरिलें भरून माप नेमें॥ध्रु.॥
शीतउष्णकाळीं मेघ वरुषावे । वरुषतां वाव होय शीण॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे विष अमृताचे किडे । पालट न घडे जीणें तया ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Fields produce according to their season, and forcing a second crop yields no result. The Creator has arranged it so, filling each measure with its due allotment. Clouds rain in their own season; rain at the wrong time brings only weariness. Says Tuka, the worms of poison and nectar alike cannot change their nature.
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