Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
काय नेणों होता दावेदार मेला । वैर तो साधिला होउनि गोहो ॥१॥
किती सर्वकाळ सोसावें हें दुःख । किती लोकां मुख वासूं तरीं ॥ध्रु.॥
झवे आपुली आई काय माझें केलें । धड या विठ्ठलें संसाराचें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे येती बाईले असडे । फुंदोनियां रडे हांसे कांहीं ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Who knows what creditor died and took his revenge by raising this uproar in my life. How long must I endure this suffering every day? How long must I show my face to the world? Curse his own mother; what good has this Vitthala done for our household? Says Tuka, the wife lets out these outbursts, sobbing one moment and laughing bitterly the next.
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