Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
एका बीजा केला नास । मग भोगेल कणीस ॥1॥
कळे सकळां हा भाव । लाहानथोरांवरी जीव ॥ध्रु.॥
लाभ नाहीं फुकासाठीं । केल्यावीण जीवासाठीं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे रणीं । जीव देतां लाभ दुणी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
When a single seed is destroyed, only then does it yield a full ear of grain. Everyone understands this principle, from the smallest to the greatest. There is no gain without effort; nothing comes without giving of oneself. Says Tuka, the one who gives his life on the battlefield receives double the reward.
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