Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
चक्रफेरीं गळीं गळा । होता गोवियेला माळा ॥1॥
फुटोनियां गेला कुंभ । जालों निष्काम स्वयंभ ॥ध्रु.॥
धरित चि नाहीं थारा । वेठी भ्रमण खोंकरा ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे कौतुक कोडें । आगी काय जाणे मढें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
On the spinning wheel of existence, neck was entangled with neck in a garland of chains. Then the pot shattered, and I became desireless, self-born and free. I had never found a resting place, always wandering and exhausted. Says Tuka, what does a corpse know of wonder? What does fire mean to the dead?.
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