Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आतां सांडूं तरी हातीं ना पदरीं । सखीं सहोदरीं मोकिळलों ॥1॥
जनाचारामध्यें उडाला पातेरा । जालों निलाजिरा ह्मणऊनि ॥ध्रु.॥
कोणाचिया दारा जावेनासें जालें । म्यां च विटंबिलें आपणासी ॥2॥
कां न जाला माझे बुद्धीसी संचार । नाहीं कोठें थार ऐसें जालें ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे तुज भH जाले फार । ह्मणोनियां थार नाहीं येथें ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Now if I abandon this path, I have nothing in hand or in my lap. I have let go of friends and kinfolk and become shameless in the eyes of society. I can no longer go to anyone's door; I have brought this dishonor upon myself. Why did right understanding not enter my mind? I have found no place anywhere. Says Tuka, You have so many devotees, O Lord, and that is why there is no room for me here.
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