Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
काळ सारावा चिंतनें । एकांतवासीं गंगास्नानें । देवाचें पूजन । प्रदक्षणा तुळसीच्या ॥1॥
युH आहार वेहार । नेम इंिद्रयांचा सार । नसावी वासर । निद्रा बहु भाषण ॥ध्रु.॥
परमार्थ महाधन । जोडी देवाचे चरण । व्हावया जतन । हे उपाय लाभाचे ॥2॥
देह समपिऩजे देवा । भार कांहीं च न घ्यावा । होइऩल आघवा। तुका ह्मणे आनंद ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Spend your days in contemplation, bathing in the Ganga of solitude, worshipping God, circumambulating the tulsi. Eat moderately, conduct yourself with discipline, govern your senses. Avoid excess sleep and too much talk. The great wealth of spiritual life is won by earning God's feet. These are the means to gain that profit. Surrender the body to God; carry no burden at all. Says Tuka, then all will become joy.
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