Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 करणें तें हें चि करा । नरका अघोरा कां जातां॥1॥
 जयामध्यें नारायण । शुद्धपण तें एक ॥ध्रु.॥
 शरणागतां देव राखे। येरां वाखे विघ्नाचे ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे लीन व्हावें । कळे भावें वर्म हें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Do this one thing and no other; why go to the dreadful hell? That alone is purity in which Narayana dwells. God protects those who surrender; all others face the storms of obstacles. Says Tuka, one must become humble. Through devotion alone does this secret become clear.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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