Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
देव घ्या कोणी देव घ्या कोणी । आइता आला घर पुसोनी ॥1॥
देव न लगे देव न लगे । सांटवणेचे रुधले जागे ॥ध्रु.॥
देव मंदला देव मंदला । भाव बुडाला काय करूं ॥2॥
देव घ्या फुका देव घ्या फुका । न लगे रुका मोल कांहीं ॥3॥
दुबळा तुका भावेंविणें । उधारा देव घेतला रुणें ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Will someone take God? Will someone take God? He has come to the door unsought. No one wants God, no one wants God; all the storage places are already full. God has gone cheap, God has gone cheap; devotion has drowned. What shall I do? Take God for free, take God for free; no coin or price is needed. Says Tuka, poor and without devotion, I have taken God on credit, as a debt.
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