Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
काय आतां आह्मीं पोट चि भरावें । जग चाळवावें भH ह्मुण ॥1॥
ऐसा तरि एक सांगा जी विचार । बहु होतों फार कासावीस ॥ध्रु.॥
काय कवित्वाची घालूनियां रूढी । करूं जोडाजोडी अक्षरांची ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे काय गुंपोनि दुकाना । राहों नारायणा करुनी घात ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Should I now merely fill my belly and go on deceiving the world, calling myself a devotee? If so, then tell me this clearly, sir, for I am deeply, sorely distressed. Should I make a show of poetic craft, merely stitching letters together? Says Tuka, should I stay enmeshed in this shop, O Narayana, and bring only ruin upon myself?
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
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