Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
न संडी अवगुण । वर्में मानीतसे सिण ॥१॥
भोग देतां करिती काई । फुटतां यमदंडें डोई ॥ध्रु.॥
पापपुण्यझाडा । देतां तेथें मोटी पीडा ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे बोला । माझ्या सिणती विठ्ठला ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One who will not give up bad habits secretly relishes the irritation they cause. What can punishment achieve when even the blows of Yama's rod upon their heads do not move them? When the reckoning of sin and merit comes, the torment only increases. Says Tuka, they grow weary, O my Vitthala, even of my words.
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