Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
कोणाच्या आधारें करूं मी विचार । कोण देइल धीर माझ्या जीवा ॥1॥
शास्त्रज्ञ पंडित नव्हें मी वाचक । यातिशुद्ध एक ठाव नाहीं ॥2॥
कलियुगीं बहु कुशळ हे जन । छिळतील गुण तुझे गातां ॥3॥
मज हा संदेह झाला दोहीं सवा । भजन करूं देवा किंवा नको ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे आतां दुरावितां जन । किंवा हें मरण भलें दोन्ही ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
On whose support shall I reflect? Who will give courage to my jiva? I am no learned scholar, no reader of scriptures, and I have not even one footing of caste purity. In this Kali Yuga, people are cunning and will mock me for singing Your virtues. I am caught in doubt on both sides: should I worship You, O God, or should I not? Says Tuka, either let the world shun me, or let death come. Both are good.
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