Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
उधानु काटीवरि चोपडुची आस । नवरा राजस मिरवतसे ॥1॥
जिव्हाऑयाचा काठी उबाऑयाच्या मोटा । नवरा चोहटा मिरवतसे ॥ध्रु.॥
तुळसीची माळ नवरीचे कंठीं । नोवरा वैकुंठीं वाट पाहे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे ऐसी नोवयाची कथा । परमार्थ वृथा बुडविला ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The groom rides on a mare, hoping for sweets, parading himself as a handsome bridegroom. Bundles of firewood and rolls of bedding: the bridegroom parades through the crossroads. A tulsi garland hangs at the bride's neck, while the groom waits at the gates of Vaikuntha. Says Tuka, this is the story of the groom whose spiritual life was drowned in worldly show.
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Worldly Metaphors
Poems using images from games, occupations, and daily life as spiritual teaching.
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