Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 बरवे दुकानीं बैसावें । श्रवण मनन असावें ॥1॥
 सारासाराचीं पोतीं । ग्राहिक पाहोनि करा रितीं ॥ध्रु.॥
 उगे चि फुगों नका गाल । पूर्ण सांठवावा माल ॥2॥
 सत्य तराजू पैं धरा । नका कुडत्रिम विकरा ॥3॥
 तुका जाला वाणी । चुकवुनि चौयासीच्या खाणी ॥4॥
 काय करूं आतां या मना । न संडी विषयांची वासना ।
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Sit well at your shop. Let there be hearing and reflecting. Sort the bundles of the essential from the non-essential, sizing up each customer. Do not puff up your cheeks in vain; stock your store with genuine goods. Hold the scale of truth and do not sell counterfeit wares. Says Tuka, I have become a true merchant, having escaped the mines of eighty-four hundred thousand births.
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