Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
सुख पाहतां जवापाडें । दुःख पर्वता एवढें ॥१॥
धरीं धरीं आठवण । मानीं संताचें वचन ॥ध्रु.॥
नेलें रात्रीनें तें अर्धें । बाळपण जराव्याधें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे पुढा । घाणा जुंती जसी मूढा ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Pleasure is the size of a barley grain; suffering is as vast as a mountain. Hold this remembrance firmly; trust the word of the saints. Half of life is stolen by the night; childhood and old-age-disease claim the rest. Says Tuka, ahead, the fool is yoked to the oil-press and driven round and round.
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