Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आहे तें सकळ कृष्णा चि अर्पण । न कळतां मन दुजें भावी ॥१॥
म्हणउनी पाठी लागतील भूतें । येती गवसीत पांचजणें ॥ध्रु.॥
ज्याचे त्या वंचलें आठव न होतां । दंड या निमित्ताकारणें हा ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे काळें चेंपियेला गळा । मी मी वेळोवेळा करीतसे ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
All that exists is already offered to Krishna alone. Not knowing this, the mind takes it to be its own. Therefore the five elements come seeking you, ghosts on your trail. You have cheated the true Owner of what is his; this forgetfulness itself draws punishment. Tuka says: Death has squeezed the throat, and still, mine, mine, again and again.
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