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गाथा 61The Moral Ideal

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram

मराठी मूळ

पराविया नारी माउलीसमान । मानिलिया धन काय वेचे ॥१॥

न करितां परनिंदा द्रव्य अभिलाष । काय तुमचें यास वेचे सांगा ॥ध्रु.॥

बैसलिये ठायी म्हणतां रामराम । काय होय श्रम ऐसें सांगा ॥२॥

संताचे वचनीं मानितां विश्वास । काय तुमचें यास वेचे सांगा ॥३॥

खरें बोलतां कोण लागती सायास । काय वेचे यास ऐसें सांगा ॥४॥

तुका म्हणे देव जोडे याचसाटीं । आणीक ते आटी न लगे कांहीं ॥५॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

If you regard another's woman as a mother, what does it cost you? If you refrain from slander and from coveting another's wealth, tell me, what does it cost you? Sitting in one place and repeating the name of Rama, tell me, what effort is there in that? If you trust the word of the saints, tell me, what does it cost you? Speaking the truth requires no effort; tell me, what is the expense? Says Tuka, God is won by just these things; no other contrivance is needed.

We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.

धर्म आचार

The Moral Ideal

Purity, sincerity, truthfulness, humility, peacefulness, and service.

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