Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
उपकारासाटीं बोलों हे उपाय । येणेंविण काय आह्मां चाड ॥1॥
बुडतां हे जन न देखवे डोळां । येतो कळवळा ह्मणउनि ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे माझे देखतिल डोळे । भोग देते वेळे येइऩल कळों ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
It is for the sake of helping others that I speak these remedies. Beyond this, I have no other concern. I cannot bear to watch people drowning before my eyes. Compassion rises within me. Says Tuka, my eyes see clearly. When the time of bhoga comes, the truth of these words will become known.
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