Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
जयासी नावडे वैष्णवांचा संग । जाणावा तो मांग जन्मांतरीं ॥1॥
मंजुळवदनीं बचनागाची कांडी । शेवटीं विघडी जीवप्राणा॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे ज्याचा पिता नाहीं शुद्ध । तयासी गोविंद अंतरला ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One who does not love the company of Vaishnavas should be known as one cast out from past births. A sweet tongue may conceal poison, and in the end it destroys life itself. Says Tuka, one whose spiritual lineage is not pure remains forever distant from Govinda.
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