Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
संबाल यारा उपर तलें दोन्हो मारकी चोट । नजर करे सो ही राखे पश्वा जावे लुट ॥१॥
प्यार खुदाई रे बाबा जिकिर खुदाई ॥ध्रु.॥
उडे कुदे ढुंग नचावे आगल भुलन प्यार । लडबड खडबड कांहेकां खचलावत भार ॥२॥
कहे तुका चलो एका हम जिन्होंके सात । मिलावे तो उसे देना तो ही चढावे हात ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Guard yourself, friend; the blows fall from both above and below. Whoever keeps a watchful eye is saved, but the heedless one is plundered. Love belongs to God alone; remember God alone. Why do you dance and shake your hips, stumbling and staggering under a needless load? Says Tuka, come, let us walk together with those who are true. Whatever we receive, let us offer it back; let us extend a hand upward.
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