Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
दुजें खंडे तरी । उरला तो अवघा हरि ॥ आपणाबाहेरी । न लगे ठाव धुंडावा ॥१॥
इतुलें जाणावया जाणा । कोंडें तरी मनें मना ॥ पारधीच्या खुणा । जाणतें चि साधावे ॥ध्रु.॥
देह आधीं काय खरा । देहसंबंधपसारा ॥ बुजगावणें चोरा । रक्षणसें भासतें ॥२॥
तुका करी जागा । नको चाचपूं वाउगा ॥ आहेसि तूं आगा । अंगीं डोळे उघडी ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
When duality is broken, what remains is all Hari. Outside yourself, no place need be searched. Know this much: still the mind with the mind. The hunter's signals must be learned by the one who knows them. Was the body ever real to begin with? The sprawl of body-relations is a scarecrow that only appears to protect. Tuka says: wake up! Do not grope uselessly. You ARE, O dear one. Open the eyes on the body.
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