Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
फोडुनि सांगडी बांधली माजासी । पैल थडी कैसी पावे सहजीं ॥1॥
आपला घात आपण चि करी । आणिकां सांगतां नाइके तरी ॥ध्रु.॥
भुकेभेणें विष देऊ पाहे आतां । आपल्या चि घाता करूं पाहे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे एक चालतील पुढें । तयांसी वांकडें जातां ठके ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One breaks apart a raft and ties the planks around his waist. How will he ever reach the far shore this way? He brings ruin upon himself. Even when others warn him, he does not listen. Out of fear of hunger he now reaches for poison, seeking to bring about his own destruction. Says Tuka, those who walk a straight path move forward. Those who go crooked stumble and are stopped.
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