Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
पुण्य परउपकार पाप ते परपीडा । आणीक नाहीं जोडा दुजा यासी ॥1॥
सत्य तो चि धर्म असत्य तें कर्म । आणीक हे वर्म नाहीं दुजें ॥ध्रु.॥
गति ते चि मुखीं नामाचें स्मरण । अधोगति जाण विन्मुखते ॥2॥
संतांचा संग तो चि स्वर्गवास । नर्क तो उदास अनर्गळा ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे उघडें आहे हित घात । जयाचें उचित करा तैसें ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Merit is helping others; sin is causing others pain. There is no greater principle than this. Truth is the only real duty; falsehood is mere action. There is no other secret. Liberation comes through the name upon one's lips; downfall comes from turning away. The company of saints is heaven itself; recklessness and indifference are hell. Says Tuka, both benefit and harm lie open before you. Choose whichever is fitting.
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The Moral Ideal
Purity, sincerity, truthfulness, humility, peacefulness, and service.
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