Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 पापांचीं संचितें देहासी दंडण । तुज नारायणा बोल नाहीं ॥1॥
 पेरी कडू जिरें मागे अमृतफळ । आकाऩ वृक्षफळें कैसीं येती ॥ध्रु.॥
 सुख अथवा दुःख भोग हो देहेचा । नास हा Yाानाचा न करावा ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे आतां देवा कां रुसावें । मनासी पुसावें काय केलें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The accumulated sins punish the body; no blame attaches to You, O Narayana. One who sows bitter cumin and expects the fruit of nectar: how can sweet fruit come from a bitter tree? Whether pleasure or pain, it is the body's due experience. Do not let it destroy your wisdom. Says Tuka, why be angry with God now? Ask your own mind what it has done.
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