Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
ऐसे पुढती मिळतां आतां । नाहीं सत्ता स्वतंत्र ॥1॥
म्हणउनि फावलें तें घ्यावें । नाम गावें आवडी ॥ध्रु.॥
संचित प्रारब्ध गाढें । धांवे पुढें क्रियमाण ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे घुबडा ऐसें । जन्म सरिसे शुकराचें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Even if such an opportunity comes again hereafter, there will be no independent agency. Therefore seize what is available now and sing the Name with love. Sanchita and Prarabdha are powerful; Kriyaman races on ahead. Says Tuka, otherwise life passes birth after birth like the owl's or the pig's.
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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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