Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
तेज्या इशारती । तटा फोक वरी घेती ॥1॥
काय सांगावें त्याहूनी । ऐका रे धरा मनीं ॥ध्रु.॥
नव्हे भांडखोर । ओढूनि धरूं पदर ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे तोंड । काळें करा खालीं मुंड ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Spirited horses respond to a mere gesture; they take only a light tap on the back. What more need be said? Listen and hold it in the mind. I do not wish to quarrel or drag anyone by their garment. Says Tuka, blacken your faces and bow your heads down in shame.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
उपदेश
Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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