Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
गावे ह्मणउनि गीत । धरुनि राहे तैसें चित्त ॥1॥
हें चि थोर अवघड आहे । अन्न देखोनि भूक राहे ॥ध्रु.॥
ऐकावी ह्मूण कथा । राहे तैसें धरुनि चित्ता ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे धणी । नव्हे जेविल्यावांचुनि ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One wishes to sing a song; the chitta too must remain absorbed in it just so. This alone is the truly difficult thing: that seeing food, the hunger should remain. One wishes to hear the sacred story; the chitta must be held in it just so. Says Tuka, satisfaction does not come without eating.
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