Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
जातो न येतिया वाटा । काय निरवितो करंटा ॥1॥
कैसा जालासे बेश्रम । लाज नाहीं न ह्मणे राम ॥ध्रु.॥
पाहे वैरियाकडे। डोळे वासुनियां रडे ॥2॥
बांधुनियां यमा हातीं । दिला नाहीं त्याची खंती ॥3॥
नाहीं यांपें काम । ऐसें जाणे तो अधम ॥4॥
अझुन तरि मुका । कां रे जालासि ह्मणे तुका ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He walks the road of no return, yet what provisions does this wretched one carry? How shameless he has become; he does not even utter the name of Rama. He gazes toward his enemies and weeps with eyes wide open. He has been handed over, bound, into the hands of Yama, yet has no concern for that. He who considers these things beneath him is the most degraded of all. Says Tuka, even now, why have you become mute?
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Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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