Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आतां कांहीं सोस न करीं आणीक । धरीन तें एक हें चि दृढ ॥1॥
जेणें भवसिंधु उतरिजे पार । तुटे हा दुस्तर गर्भवास ॥ध्रु.॥
जोडीन ते आतां देवाचे चरण । अविनाश धन परमार्थ ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे बरा जोडला हा देह । मनुष्यपणें इहलोका आलों ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Now I shall strive for nothing else. I hold firm to this one resolve alone. That resolve by which one crosses to the far shore of the ocean of existence, and this terrible womb-dwelling, so hard to escape, is cut away. I shall now earn the feet of God: the imperishable wealth, the supreme purpose. Says Tuka, this human body is well obtained. I have come to this world in human form.
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Renunciation
The case for letting go of worldly attachments and turning wholly to God.
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