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Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram

मराठी मूळ

पतनासि जे नेती । तिचा खोटा स्नेह प्रीती ॥१॥

विधीपुरतें कारण । बहु वारावें वचन ॥ध्रु.॥

सर्वस्वासि नाडी । ऐसी लाघवाची बेडी ॥२॥

तुका म्हणे दुरी । राखतां हे तों ची बरी ॥३॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

The affection of one who leads you to ruin is false love. Keep such a relationship to the bare minimum and restrain your speech. Such a bond is a deceptive shackle that will cheat you of everything. Says Tuka, this one is fine only when kept at a distance.

We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.

धर्म आचार

The Moral Ideal

Purity, sincerity, truthfulness, humility, peacefulness, and service.

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