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मराठी मूळ
तुझे ह्मणों आह्मां । मग उणें पुरुषोत्तमा ॥1॥
ऐसा धर्म काय । अमृतानें मृत्यु होय ॥ध्रु.॥
कल्पवृक्षा तळीं । गांठी बांधलिया झोळी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे परीस । सांपडल्या उपवास॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
If we call ourselves Yours, O Supreme Being, should there then be any lack? What kind of justice is it that ambrosia should bring death? Sitting beneath the wish-fulfilling tree, one ties a knot in an empty bag. Says Tuka, having found the philosopher's stone, one should not go hungry.
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विरह
Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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