Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
एकादशीव्रत सोमवार न करिती । कोण त्यांची गति होइल नेणों ॥१॥
काय करूं बहु वाटे तळमळ । आंधळीं सकळ बहिर्मुख ॥ध्रु.॥
हरिहरां नाहीं बोटभरी वाती । कोण त्यांची गति होईल नेणों ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे नाहीं नारायणीं प्रीति । कोण त्यांची गति होइल नेणों ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Those who do not keep the Ekadashi vow or observe the Monday fast, who can tell their fate? What can I do? The anguish is great, for all are blind and outward-facing. Those who will not light even a wick a finger's length for Hari and Hara, who can tell their fate? Says Tuka, those who have no love for Narayana, who can tell their fate?
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