Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
मायबापें सांभािळती । लोभाकारणें पािळती ॥1॥
तैसा नव्हे देवराव । याचा कृपाळु स्वभाव ॥ध्रु.॥
मनासारिखें न होतां । बाळकासी मारी माता ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे सांगूं किती । बाप लेंकासी मारिती ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Worldly parents care for and protect their children out of self-interest and attachment. But God the King is not like that. His nature is pure compassion. When a child does not obey, the mother strikes it. Says Tuka, how much can I explain? Fathers too beat their sons. But God is different from all of this.
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