Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
 आणीक नका करूं चेष्टा । व्हाल कष्टा वरपडी॥1॥
 सुखें करा हरिकथा । सर्वथा हे तारील ॥ध्रु.॥
 अनाथाचा नाथ देव। अनुभव सत्य हा ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे बहुतां रिती । धरा चित्तीं सकळ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Do not make useless efforts elsewhere; you will only fall into misery. Happily engage in the story of Hari; it will certainly carry you across. God is the Lord of the helpless; this truth is proven by experience. Says Tuka, in many ways, hold this firmly in your chitta.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
उपदेश
Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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