Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
दीप घेउनियां धुंडिती अंधार । भेटे हा विचार अघटित ॥१॥
विष्णुदास आम्ही न भ्यो कळिकाळा । भुलों मृगजळा न घडे तें ॥ध्रु.॥
उधळितां माती रविकळा मळे । हें कैसें न कळे भाग्यहीना ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे तृणें झांके हुताशन । हें तंव वचन वाउगें चि ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
They take a lamp and go searching for darkness; such an impossible discovery that would be. We are servants of Vishnu and do not fear Death; we cannot be deceived by a mirage. Throwing dust may dim the rays of the sun for a moment; how is it that the unfortunate cannot understand this? Says Tuka, to say that grass can smother a blazing fire is an utterly hollow claim.
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